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Stephanus 41b
Stephanus 41b of 125. Read it here for reference, or continue through the entire work without leaving the reader.
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ἔμοιγε καὶ αὐτῷ θαυμαστὴ ἂν εἴη ἡ διατριβὴ αὐτόθι, ὁπότε ἐντύχοιμι Παλαμήδει καὶ Αἴαντι τῷ Τελαμῶνος καὶ εἴ τις ἄλλος τῶν παλαιῶν διὰ κρίσιν ἄδικον τέθνηκεν, ἀντιπαραβάλλοντι τὰ ἐμαυτοῦ πάθη πρὸς τὰ ἐκείνων—ὡς ἐγὼ οἶμαι, οὐκ ἂν ἀηδὲς εἴη—καὶ δὴ τὸ μέγιστον, τοὺς ἐκεῖ ἐξετάζοντα καὶ ἐρευνῶντα ὥσπερ τοὺς ἐνταῦθα διάγειν, τίς αὐτῶν σοφός ἐστιν καὶ τίς οἴεται μέν, ἔστιν δʼ οὔ. ἐπὶ πόσῳ δʼ ἄν τις, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, δέξαιτο ἐξετάσαι τὸν ἐπὶ Τροίαν ἀγαγόντα
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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.
For me, too, the life spent there would be marvelous, whenever I met Palamedes and Ajax son of Telamon, and any other man of old who died because of an unjust judgment, and compared my own sufferings with theirs—which, I imagine, would be no unpleasant thing. And most important of all, I could spend my time examining and questioning the people there, just as I do those here, to discover which of them is wise and which thinks he is but is not. What would a man not give, gentlemen of the jury, for the chance to examine the man who led the great army against Troy,
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
For me personally, spending my time there would be wonderful whenever I met Palamedes, Ajax son of Telamon, or anyone else among the men of old who died because of an unjust judgment, and compared my own sufferings with theirs—which, I think, would not be unpleasant. And most important of all, I could spend my time examining and questioning the people there, just as I do those here, to discover which of them is wise and which only thinks he is but is not. How much would anyone give, gentlemen of the jury, to examine the man who led