κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)
Ar. also P. βάσανος, ἡ. P. λίθος, ἡ (Plato, Gorg. 486D).
