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Stephanus 25a
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ἢ οὔ;καὶ οὗτοι.τί δέ, οἱ βουλευταί;καὶ οἱ βουλευταί.ἀλλʼ ἄρα, ὦ Μέλητε, μὴ οἱ ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, οἱ ἐκκλησιασταί, διαφθείρουσι τοὺς νεωτέρους; ἢ κἀκεῖνοι βελτίους ποιοῦσιν ἅπαντες;κἀκεῖνοι.πάντες ἄρα, ὡς ἔοικεν, Ἀθηναῖοι καλοὺς κἀγαθοὺς ποιοῦσι πλὴν ἐμοῦ, ἐγὼ δὲ μόνος διαφθείρω. οὕτω λέγεις;πάνυ σφόδρα ταῦτα λέγω.πολλήν γέ μου κατέγνωκας δυστυχίαν. καί μοι ἀπόκριναι· ἦ καὶ περὶ ἵππους οὕτω σοι δοκεῖ ἔχειν; οἱ μὲν
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or not?
They do too.
And what of the members of the Council?
The members of the Council as well.
But then, Meletus, surely those in the Assembly—the Assemblymen—do not corrupt the young? Or do they too, all of them, make them better?
They do too.
Then all Athenians, it seems, make them fine and good except me, while I alone corrupt them. Is that what you mean?
That is exactly what I mean.
You have condemned me to great misfortune indeed. Now answer me: does the same seem to you to hold true in the case of horses—that some
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or not?They do too.And what about the members of the Council?The Council members too.But then, Meletus, surely the people in the Assembly, the Assembly members, do not corrupt the young? Or do all of them make the young better too?They do too.Then all Athenians, it seems, make them fine and good except me, while I alone corrupt them. Is that what you are saying?That is exactly what I am saying.You have certainly condemned me to great misfortune. Now answer me: does the same seem to you to be true of horses as well? That the ones