μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Cleverness in the lawcourt – miscellaneous.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Killing the fly on the judge's nose. The judge has told the boy that he should kill a fly wherever he sees oneThe value of a blow. A judge awards damages of a penny against a friend of his for giving a blow. The defendant goes to get the money and is gone long. Meanwhile the plaintiff gives the judge a blow and tells him to use the penny as damages
Filed beside it
Reductio ad absurdum of judgmentThe bribed judgeJudge frightened into awarding decisionJudge finds offense is not great when it is his own son who is guilty. [Inadvertant duplication of U21.5.]Pardon in return for confession

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