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it might just be a glitch because we don't find out until we receive the letters next week. They are being sent out tomorrow.

- The influence of thetes and how they caused a radical democracy in Athens - Selection by lot - Rotation of office (so magistrate could serve more than once, except in the Boule) - Collegiality (decision-making done in groups) - Cleisthenes reorganising the 139 villages of Athens into 10 tribes...

The hyperbole of "All saws of books, all forms, that youth and observation copied these, thy commandment all alone shall live" shows his sense of commitment to his duty of revenge. However it is ironic as the events of the play unfold because he does not do what he said he would.