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Stephanus 24b
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ταῦτά ἐστιν. καὶ ἐάντε νῦν ἐάντε αὖθις ζητήσητε ταῦτα, οὕτως εὑρήσετε.περὶ μὲν οὖν ὧν οἱ πρῶτοί μου κατήγοροι κατηγόρουν αὕτη ἔστω ἱκανὴ ἀπολογία πρὸς ὑμᾶς· πρὸς δὲ Μέλητον τὸν ἀγαθὸν καὶ φιλόπολιν, ὥς φησι, καὶ τοὺς ὑστέρους μετὰ ταῦτα πειράσομαι ἀπολογήσασθαι. αὖθις γὰρ δή, ὥσπερ ἑτέρων τούτων ὄντων κατηγόρων, λάβωμεν αὖ τὴν τούτων ἀντωμοσίαν. ἔχει δέ πως ὧδε· Σωκράτη φησὶν ἀδικεῖν τούς τε νέους διαφθείροντα καὶ θεοὺς οὓς ἡ πόλις
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.
Whether you investigate the matter now or later, this is what you will find.
Let this, then, be a sufficient defense before you against the charges brought by my first accusers. Next I shall try to defend myself against the good and patriotic Meletus, as he calls himself, and against the later accusers. Once again, then, as though these were a different set of accusers, let us take up their sworn indictment in turn. It runs approximately as follows: Socrates is guilty of corrupting the young and of not acknowledging the gods whom the city
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
Whether you investigate these matters now or later, you will find them to be so.Let this, then, be a sufficient defense before you against the accusations made by my first accusers. Next I will try to defend myself against the good and patriotic Meletus, as he calls himself, and against the later accusers. So once again, since these are a different set of accusers, let us take up their sworn charge in turn. It goes something like this: “Socrates commits an injustice by corrupting the young and by not believing in the gods in whom the city