The People of Delphi
The wise fabulist Aesop went to the historical city of Delphi to tell fables. The people of Delphi could not tolerate Aesop's wise words and criticisms and set a trap for him. The city's rulers secretly put the temple's sacred gold bowl into Aesop's bag and accused him of theft. Slandered, they killed Aesop by throwing him down from a high cliff.
However, following this unjust cruelty, the city of Delphi was shaken by severe famines, epidemics, and disasters. Societies that cannot tolerate the wise, honest, and those who cry out the truth and silence them with oppression perish before divine justice. Justice cannot be provided through slander and traps; unjustly spilled blood brings disaster to that realm. Enmity toward honest thinkers is destroying one's own future.
Societies murdering the wise perish with divine wrath. Slander is the ugliest of oppression. Enmity to the wise destroys society. Unjust blood brings disaster.
Justice is not provided through traps. One hurting honest thought perishes. Divine justice is not delayed.