There is a noise when Justice is being dragged away

There is a noise when Justice is being dragged in the way where those who devour bribes and give sentence with crooked judgements, take her. Hesiod. Works and Days. Section 202.


Image: Detail of Rape of the Sabine Women by Pietro da Cortona, 1627-1629, at the Capitoline Museum in Rome courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

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