Lucian Judicium vocalium 10

[10] That is my disposition, but this Tau— just see how bad-natured he is toward the others, too! To show that he has not let the rest of the letters alone, but has injured Delta and Theta and Zeta and almost all the alphabet, please call to the stand the injured parties in person. Listen, Vowels of the jury, to Delta, who says: “He robbed me of endelechy, wanting it to be called entelechy agairist all the laws”; to Theta crying and pulling out the hair of his head because he has had even his pumpkin (κολοκύνθη—-κολοκύντη) taken away from him, and to Zeta, who has lost his whistle (συρίζειν—συρίττειν) and trumpet (σαλπίζειν—σαλπίττειν), so that he can’t even make a sound (γρύζειν—γρύττειν) any longer. Who could put up with all this, and what punishment could be bad enough for this out-and-out rascal Tau?

[10] Tau’s, on the other hand, is naturally violent; its manifestations are not confined to me. In proof that he has not spared other letters, but assaulted Delta, Theta, Zeta, and almost the whole alphabet, I wish his various victims to be put in the box. Now, Vowels of the jury, mark the evidence of Delta:—'He robbed me of ἐνδελέχεια, which he claimed, quite illegally, as ἐντελέχεια,' Mark Theta beating his breast and plucking out his hair in grief for the loss of κολοκύνθη. And Zeta mourns for συρίζειν and σαλπίζειν—nay, cannot mourn, for lack of his γρύζειν. What tolerance is possible, what Penalty adequate, for this criminal letter’s iniquities?