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which illustrates really the
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doctrine of might over right.
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The hawk says he is a fool who
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tries to match his strength with the stronger.
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He will lose the battle
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and with the shame will be hurt also.
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So, don't try to fight against stronger people is what he said.
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Hesiod says that this is the wrong doctrine.
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It is better, he says, to go by the path leading to justice.
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For when justice is outraged, and by the way justice here is
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personified in the form of the goddess called Dike.
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She follows before us weeping to the polis