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Stephanus 37d
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διατριβὰς καὶ τοὺς λόγους, ἀλλʼ ὑμῖν βαρύτεραι γεγόνασιν καὶ ἐπιφθονώτεραι, ὥστε ζητεῖτε αὐτῶν νυνὶ ἀπαλλαγῆναι· ἄλλοι δὲ ἄρα αὐτὰς οἴσουσι ῥᾳδίως; πολλοῦ γε δεῖ, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι. καλὸς οὖν ἄν μοι ὁ βίος εἴη ἐξελθόντι τηλικῷδε ἀνθρώπῳ ἄλλην ἐξ ἄλλης πόλεως ἀμειβομένῳ καὶ ἐξελαυνομένῳ ζῆν. εὖ γὰρ οἶδʼ ὅτι ὅποι ἂν ἔλθω, λέγοντος ἐμοῦ ἀκροάσονται οἱ νέοι ὥσπερ ἐνθάδε· κἂν μὲν τούτους ἀπελαύνω, οὗτοί με αὐτοὶ ἐξελῶσι πείθοντες τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους·
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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.
and arguments, but have found them so burdensome and offensive that you are now seeking to be rid of them; and yet others will endure them easily? Far from it, men of Athens. A fine life it would be for a man of my age to leave here and live by moving from city to city, forever being driven out. For I know very well that wherever I go, the young men will listen to me when I speak, just as they do here. If I drive them away, they themselves will have me driven out by persuading their elders;
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
and arguments, but they have become too burdensome and offensive to you, so that you are now seeking to be rid of them; and yet other people will endure them easily? Far from it, men of Athens. A fine life it would be for a man of my age to leave here and live by moving from one city to another, always being driven out. For I know very well that wherever I go, the young men will listen to me when I speak, just as they do here. And if I drive them away, they themselves will have me driven out by persuading their elders;