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Stephanus 21e
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μοι ταὐτὰ ταῦτα ἔδοξε, καὶ ἐνταῦθα κἀκείνῳ καὶ ἄλλοις πολλοῖς ἀπηχθόμην.μετὰ ταῦτʼ οὖν ἤδη ἐφεξῆς ᾖα, αἰσθανόμενος μὲν λυπούμενος καὶ δεδιὼς ὅτι ἀπηχθανόμην, ὅμως δὲ ἀναγκαῖον ἐδόκει εἶναι τὸ τοῦ θεοῦ περὶ πλείστου ποιεῖσθαι—ἰτέον οὖν, σκοποῦντι τὸν χρησμὸν τί λέγει, ἐπὶ ἅπαντας τούς τι
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I formed the very same judgment; and there too I became hateful both to him and to many others.
After that I proceeded from one man to another. I perceived, with distress and alarm, that I was making myself hated; nevertheless, it seemed necessary to regard the god’s command as of the highest importance. So, in seeking to discover what the oracle meant, I had to go to everyone who seemed to know anything.
Mouseia
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I came to the same conclusion. There too I became hated by that man and by many others.After this, then, I went from one person to another in turn. I realized with distress and fear that I was becoming hated, but nevertheless it seemed necessary to regard the god’s command as the most important thing. So, in investigating what the oracle meant, I had to go to everyone who had any reputation for knowing anything.