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Βοιωτῶν ἔνιοι τοὺς χρέος οὐκ ἀποδιδόντας εἰς ἀγορὰν ἄγοντες καθίσαι κελεύουσιν, εἶτα κόφινον ἐπιβάλλουσιν {{#lemma: αὐτῶι | αὐτῶι m : αὐτῶ m : αὐτῶν m}}· ὃς δ’ ἂν κοφινωθῆι, ἄτιμος γίνεται. δοκεῖ δὲ τοῦτο πεπονθέναι καὶ ὁ Εὐριπίδου πατὴρ Βοιωτὸς ὢν τὸ γένος.
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Some of the Boeotians lead those who have not repaid their debts to the marketplace, order them to sit down, and then throw a basket on them. Anyone who is made ‘a basket case’ loses his citizen rights. It seems that even the father of Euripides, who was Boeotian by origin, suffered this penalty.
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