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Stephanus 19b
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ἡ ἐμὴ διαβολὴ γέγονεν, ᾗ δὴ καὶ πιστεύων Μέλητός με ἐγράψατο τὴν γραφὴν ταύτην. εἶεν· τί δὴ λέγοντες διέβαλλον οἱ διαβάλλοντες; ὥσπερ οὖν κατηγόρων τὴν ἀντωμοσίαν δεῖ ἀναγνῶναι αὐτῶν· Σωκράτης ἀδικεῖ καὶ περιεργάζεται ζητῶν τά τε ὑπὸ γῆς καὶ οὐράνια καὶ τὸν ἥττω λόγον κρείττω
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the slander against me arose, and in reliance upon which Meletus brought this indictment against me? Very well. What, then, did my slanderers say in slandering me? I must read out their sworn charge, as though they were formal accusers: “Socrates commits an injustice and meddles in things beyond his concern by investigating what is beneath the earth and in the heavens, and by making the weaker argument the stronger,
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the slander against me arose, and on which Meletus relied when he brought this formal charge against me. Very well. What did my slanderers say when they slandered me? We must read their statement as though it were an accusers’ sworn affidavit: “Socrates commits an injustice and busies himself investigating things beneath the earth and in the heavens, making the weaker argument the stronger,