...ing the state through the midst of a storm Or betrays our forts or our ships, smuggles contraband from Aegina As Thorycion did, that wretched collector of taxes Sending pads and sails and pitch to Epidauros , Or persuades anyone to send supplies to the enemies' ships, Or defiles Hecate's shrine, while singing dithyrambs, Or any politician who bites off the pay of the poets For being ridiculed in the ...