Just as tunnies do not escape the notice of the tunny-watcher when they enter the net, so those who bring tribute do not escape the notice of Kleon when they approach the city. He snatches these [tributes] in advance, then, although it ought to be the city that receives them. [Aristophanes] therefore is criticizing him because he expropriates the public funds. At the same time he also slanders him for his luxurious appetites.[1]
Aristophanes [writes]: "[...] or enjoys buffoonish speech which does its work at the wrong time or doesn't settle hateful strife [...] or betrays an outpost [...] or exports contraband from Aigina [Myth, Place], being a Thorykion,[2] a toll-collector [...]".[3]