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Stephanus 17a
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ὅτι μὲν ὑμεῖς, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, πεπόνθατε ὑπὸ τῶν ἐμῶν κατηγόρων, οὐκ οἶδα· ἐγὼ δʼ οὖν καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ὀλίγου ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπελαθόμην, οὕτω πιθανῶς ἔλεγον. καίτοι ἀληθές γε ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν εἰρήκασιν. μάλιστα δὲ αὐτῶν ἓν ἐθαύμασα τῶν πολλῶν ὧν ἐψεύσαντο, τοῦτο ἐν ᾧ ἔλεγον ὡς χρῆν ὑμᾶς εὐλαβεῖσθαι μὴ ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ ἐξαπατηθῆτε
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete machine-assisted Musean translation, made directly from the complete Ancient Greek text across all 125 Stephanus sections for fidelity, philosophical precision, Socratic voice, legal clarity, and structure.
What effect my accusers have had upon you, men of Athens, I do not know. For my own part, I was almost made to forget who I was by them, so persuasively did they speak. And yet, to put it plainly, scarcely a word they have said is true. But of all the many falsehoods they told, the one that astonished me most was their warning that you must take care not to be deceived by me,
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
What effect my accusers have had on you, men of Athens, I do not know. For my part, even I was almost made to forget who I was by them, so persuasively did they speak. And yet, to put it plainly, they have said virtually nothing true. Of the many lies they told, one in particular amazed me: when they said that you had to be careful not to be deceived by me,