πικρὸν με ἀπαιτεῖς ἐνοίκιον → you ask too much of me, you demand a bitter rent from me
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Platform for speaking: Ar. and P. βῆμα, τό, V. βάθρον, τό (Eur., I.T. 962).
βάθρον, βῆμα