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Stephanus 23c
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πενίᾳ μυρίᾳ εἰμὶ διὰ τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ λατρείαν.πρὸς δὲ τούτοις οἱ νέοι μοι ἐπακολουθοῦντες—οἷς μάλιστα σχολή ἐστιν, οἱ τῶν πλουσιωτάτων—αὐτόματοι, χαίρουσιν ἀκούοντες ἐξεταζομένων τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ αὐτοὶ πολλάκις ἐμὲ μιμοῦνται, εἶτα ἐπιχειροῦσιν ἄλλους ἐξετάζειν· κἄπειτα οἶμαι εὑρίσκουσι πολλὴν ἀφθονίαν οἰομένων μὲν εἰδέναι τι ἀνθρώπων, εἰδότων δὲ ὀλίγα ἢ οὐδέν. ἐντεῦθεν οὖν οἱ ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ἐξεταζόμενοι ἐμοὶ ὀργίζονται, οὐχ αὑτοῖς,
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.
utter poverty because of my service to the god.
Besides this, the young men who follow me of their own accord—those who have the most leisure, the sons of the wealthiest families—take pleasure in hearing people examined. They themselves often imitate me and then attempt to examine others; and afterward, I suppose, they find a great abundance of people who think they know something but know little or nothing. Consequently, those whom they examine become angry with me rather than with themselves,
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
extreme poverty because of my service to the god.In addition, the young men who follow me of their own accord—those who have the most leisure, the sons of the wealthiest families—enjoy hearing people being examined. They themselves often imitate me and then try to examine others. And then, I think, they find a great abundance of people who think they know something but know little or nothing. Consequently, those whom they examine become angry with me rather than with themselves,