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The Gods Are Athirst
Anatole France · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Lemma.
A partisan name for the Girondin grouping associated with Brissot. Dupont uses it when asking the new juror how he will decide their case. The question seeks a political assurance before the individual judicial work has occurred. The name identifies an accused political grouping; it does not establish the truth of each accusation made against its members.
Places to read
- Chapter IX, paragraph 25Frenchl’affaire des Brissotins et de la veuve Capet: the cases of the Brissotins and the Widow Capet. Dupont presses Gamelin for his position as a juror.