Commentary
The Perry Index number for this fable is #226.
That there appears to be no data provided in any of the several available vitae of Justice Fortas suggesting or even implying that the caveat "Never sleep!" was or should have been applied to the Justice tends to suggest that the original line for the fourth panel of this array, "Not before rigor mortis," is to be preferred as the wrap-up text for the array. However, there remain extant no mss featuring that line. Thus the editors felt compelled to instruct the illustrator to provide a visual reflecting the text ending with Homer's query concerning the scandal-plagued jurist.
