The vocative address 'ὦ τᾶν' is a distinctive Attic contraction of 'ὦ τῶν', functioning here as an emphatic, almost abusive interjection directed at the Demos. While the vocative plural of the definite article is grammatically standard, its usage in direct address to the Athenian assembly, particularly with the force of 'O you people!' in a context of severe criticism, marks a specific rhetorical strategy of Aristophanic personification. The speaker (the Sausage-Seller) addresses the Demos not merely as a collective noun but as a specific, personified character who has been 'scorched' or 'bruised' (ἐσκοροδισμένος) by the previous politician (Cleon), using a rare, coined verb (from σκόροδον, garlic, implying a harsh, pungent beating or scorching) to evoke the visceral physicality of political violence and the 'scorched earth' policy of the demagogue.