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Stephanus 21a
Stephanus 21a of 125. Read it here for reference, or continue through the entire work without leaving the reader.
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ἐμός τε ἑταῖρος ἦν ἐκ νέου καὶ ὑμῶν τῷ πλήθει ἑταῖρός τε καὶ συνέφυγε τὴν φυγὴν ταύτην καὶ μεθʼ ὑμῶν κατῆλθε. καὶ ἴστε δὴ οἷος ἦν Χαιρεφῶν, ὡς σφοδρὸς ἐφʼ ὅτι ὁρμήσειεν. καὶ δή ποτε καὶ εἰς Δελφοὺς ἐλθὼν ἐτόλμησε τοῦτο μαντεύσασθαι—καί, ὅπερ λέγω, μὴ θορυβεῖτε, ὦ ἄνδρες—ἤρετο γὰρ δὴ εἴ τις ἐμοῦ εἴη σοφώτερος. ἀνεῖλεν οὖν ἡ Πυθία μηδένα σοφώτερον εἶναι. καὶ τούτων πέρι ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὑμῖν αὐτοῦ οὑτοσὶ μαρτυρήσει, ἐπειδὴ ἐκεῖνος τετελεύτηκεν.
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.
was my companion from his youth, and a companion of your democratic party as well; he shared your recent exile and returned with you. And you know what sort of man Chaerephon was, how impetuous he was in whatever he undertook. Once, when he went to Delphi, he even dared to ask the oracle this question—and, gentlemen, as I said, do not raise an uproar—he asked whether anyone was wiser than I. The Pythian priestess replied that no one was wiser. His brother here will testify to these things before you, since Chaerephon himself is dead.
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
was my companion from his youth and a companion of your democratic party. He shared your recent exile and returned with you. And you know what Chaerephon was like—how impetuous he was in whatever he undertook. Once he even went to Delphi and dared to ask the oracle this question—and, as I said, do not create an uproar, gentlemen—he asked whether anyone was wiser than I was. The Pythia replied that no one was wiser. His brother here will testify to you about these things, since Chaerephon himself is dead.