As the average Athenian citizen was not awfully bright, it was necessary to have a great many of them on each jury. … They did not have to prove that they were completely ignorant before they were accepted as jurymen. That was taken for granted.


The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950) - Part II: Ancient Greeks and Worse - Pericles

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As the average Athenian citizen was not awfully bright, it was necessary to have a great many of them on each jury. … They did not have to prove...

As the average Athenian citizen was not awfully bright, it was necessary to have a great many of them on each jury. … They did not have to prove...

As the average Athenian citizen was not awfully bright, it was necessary to have a great many of them on each jury. … They did not have to prove...

As the average Athenian citizen was not awfully bright, it was necessary to have a great many of them on each jury. … They did not have to prove...