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Stephanus 38d
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πρὸς πάντας ὑμᾶς, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τοὺς ἐμοῦ καταψηφισαμένους θάνατον. λέγω δὲ καὶ τόδε πρὸς τοὺς αὐτοὺς τούτους. ἴσως με οἴεσθε, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἀπορίᾳ λόγων ἑαλωκέναι τοιούτων οἷς ἂν ὑμᾶς ἔπεισα, εἰ ᾤμην δεῖν ἅπαντα ποιεῖν καὶ λέγειν ὥστε ἀποφυγεῖν τὴν δίκην. πολλοῦ γε δεῖ. ἀλλʼ ἀπορίᾳ μὲν ἑάλωκα, οὐ μέντοι λόγων, ἀλλὰ τόλμης καὶ ἀναισχυντίας καὶ τοῦ μὴ ἐθέλειν λέγειν πρὸς ὑμᾶς τοιαῦτα οἷʼ ἂν ὑμῖν μὲν ἥδιστα ἦν ἀκούειν— θρηνοῦντός τέ μου καὶ ὀδυρομένου καὶ ἄλλα ποιοῦντος καὶ
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to all of you, but to those who voted to condemn me to death. And I have this also to say to those same men. Perhaps you think, men of Athens, that I have been convicted for want of arguments of the sort by which I might have persuaded you, if I had believed that I must do and say anything whatever to escape conviction. Far from it. I have been convicted for want, certainly—but not for want of arguments. It was for want of audacity and shamelessness, and because I was unwilling to say to you the things you would have found most pleasant to hear: to weep and lament, and to do and
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to all of you, but to those who voted to condemn me to death. And I also say the following to those same people. Perhaps you think, men of Athens, that I have been convicted because I lacked the sort of arguments with which I could have persuaded you, if I had believed I should do and say anything to escape conviction. Far from it. I have been convicted because of a lack, certainly, but not a lack of arguments; rather, a lack of boldness and shamelessness, and because I was unwilling to say to you the things you would have found most pleasant to hear—with me wailing and lamenting and doing and