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Stephanus 38e
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λέγοντος πολλὰ καὶ ἀνάξια ἐμοῦ, ὡς ἐγώ φημι, οἷα δὴ καὶ εἴθισθε ὑμεῖς τῶν ἄλλων ἀκούειν. ἀλλʼ οὔτε τότε ᾠήθην δεῖν ἕνεκα τοῦ κινδύνου πρᾶξαι οὐδὲν ἀνελεύθερον, οὔτε νῦν μοι μεταμέλει οὕτως ἀπολογησαμένῳ, ἀλλὰ πολὺ μᾶλλον αἱροῦμαι ὧδε ἀπολογησάμενος τεθνάναι ἢ ἐκείνως ζῆν. οὔτε γὰρ ἐν δίκῃ οὔτʼ ἐν πολέμῳ οὔτʼ ἐμὲ οὔτʼ ἄλλον οὐδένα δεῖ
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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.
say many other things unworthy of me, as I maintain—things of the sort you are accustomed to hearing from others. But neither then did I think that because I was in danger I ought to do anything unworthy of a free man, nor do I now regret having defended myself as I did. I would much rather die after making this defense than live after making one of that kind. For neither in court nor in war should I, or anyone else,
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
saying many other things unworthy of me, as I maintain, the sort of things you are accustomed to hearing from others. But neither then did I think I should do anything degrading because I was in danger, nor do I now regret having defended myself as I did. I would much rather die after defending myself in this way than live by behaving in that way. For neither in court nor in war should I or anyone else