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Stephanus 41c

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Original Ancient Greek

τὴν πολλὴν στρατιὰν ἢ Ὀδυσσέα ἢ Σίσυφον ἢ ἄλλους μυρίους ἄν τις εἴποι καὶ ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας, οἷς ἐκεῖ διαλέγεσθαι καὶ συνεῖναι καὶ ἐξετάζειν ἀμήχανον ἂν εἴη εὐδαιμονίας; πάντως οὐ δήπου τούτου γε ἕνεκα οἱ ἐκεῖ ἀποκτείνουσι· τά τε γὰρ ἄλλα εὐδαιμονέστεροί εἰσιν οἱ ἐκεῖ τῶν ἐνθάδε, καὶ ἤδη τὸν λοιπὸν χρόνον ἀθάνατοί εἰσιν, εἴπερ γε τὰ λεγόμενα ἀληθῆ.ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑμᾶς χρή, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, εὐέλπιδας εἶναι πρὸς τὸν θάνατον, καὶ ἕν τι τοῦτο διανοεῖσθαι ἀληθές, ὅτι

Mouseia

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.

or Odysseus, or Sisyphus, or countless other men and women one might name? To converse and associate with them there and examine them would be happiness beyond measure. At any rate, they surely do not put a man to death there for doing that. For in every other respect those who dwell there are happier than those here, and henceforth they are immortal for all time, if indeed the tales we are told are true.

But you too, gentlemen of the jury, must be hopeful in the face of death and keep this one truth in mind:

Mouseia

Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.

the great army against Troy, or Odysseus, or Sisyphus, or countless other men and women one could name? To talk and associate with them there and examine them would be an unimaginable happiness. In any case, they surely do not put anyone to death there for doing that. In every other respect those there are happier than those here, and for all the rest of time they are immortal, if what we are told is true.But you too, gentlemen of the jury, must be hopeful in the face of death and keep this one truth in mind:

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