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This comedy was written in Athens during the course of the Peloponnesian War. The speaker is an old Athenian man.

Literature: Hanson 1992; Demont 2007.

Oh dear, oh dear! Oh, king Zeus, what a piece of work this night has been! Unending. Won’t day ever come? Yet, I heard a cock crow long ago. But the slaves are snoring. They wouldn’t have done this before. Oh war, be damned, for the many evils you’ve brought. For now, I can’t even punish my slaves.

 Why can the speaker not punish his slaves as he used to?

 Is this comic exaggeration? Cf. 11.11.c.

 Which factors can affect slavery apart from slaves and masters?

 How can these factors affect slavery as an asymmetrical negotiation?