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Stephanus 41a
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ἀφικόμενος εἰς Ἅιδου, ἀπαλλαγεὶς τουτωνὶ τῶν φασκόντων δικαστῶν εἶναι, εὑρήσει τοὺς ὡς ἀληθῶς δικαστάς, οἵπερ καὶ λέγονται ἐκεῖ δικάζειν, Μίνως τε καὶ Ῥαδάμανθυς καὶ Αἰακὸς καὶ Τριπτόλεμος καὶ ἄλλοι ὅσοι τῶν ἡμιθέων δίκαιοι ἐγένοντο ἐν τῷ ἑαυτῶν βίῳ, ἆρα φαύλη ἂν εἴη ἡ ἀποδημία; ἢ αὖ Ὀρφεῖ συγγενέσθαι καὶ Μουσαίῳ καὶ Ἡσιόδῳ καὶ Ὁμήρῳ ἐπὶ πόσῳ ἄν τις δέξαιτʼ ἂν ὑμῶν; ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ πολλάκις ἐθέλω τεθνάναι εἰ ταῦτʼ ἔστιν ἀληθῆ. ἐπεὶ
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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.
on arriving in Hades and being released from these men here who claim to be judges, will find the true judges—the very ones who are said to render judgment there: Minos, Rhadamanthus, Aeacus, Triptolemus, and all the other demigods who were just in their own lives—would that journey be a paltry thing? Or again, how much would any of you give to associate with Orpheus and Musaeus, and with Hesiod and Homer? For my part, I am willing to die many times over if these things are true. For
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
arrives in Hades, freed from these people here who claim to be judges, and finds the true judges who are said to judge there—Minos, Rhadamanthus, Aeacus, Triptolemus, and all the other demigods who were just during their own lives—would that be an insignificant journey? Or again, how much would any of you give to meet Orpheus, Musaeus, Hesiod, and Homer? For my part, I am willing to die many times over if these things are true. For then