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Stephanus 28e
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Ἀθηναῖοι, εἰ ὅτε μέν με οἱ ἄρχοντες ἔταττον, οὓς ὑμεῖς εἵλεσθε ἄρχειν μου, καὶ ἐν Ποτειδαίᾳ καὶ ἐν Ἀμφιπόλει καὶ ἐπὶ Δηλίῳ, τότε μὲν οὗ ἐκεῖνοι ἔταττον ἔμενον ὥσπερ καὶ ἄλλος τις καὶ ἐκινδύνευον ἀποθανεῖν, τοῦ δὲ θεοῦ τάττοντος, ὡς ἐγὼ ᾠήθην τε καὶ ὑπέλαβον, φιλοσοφοῦντά με δεῖν ζῆν καὶ ἐξετάζοντα ἐμαυτὸν καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους, ἐνταῦθα δὲ φοβηθεὶς ἢ θάνατον
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of Athens, if, when the commanders whom you elected to command me assigned me my post at Potidaea, Amphipolis, and Delium, I remained where they stationed me, as any other man would, and ran the risk of death, but when the god assigned me my post—as I believed and understood that he had—requiring me to live philosophizing and examining myself and others, I then abandoned my station through fear of death
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
of Athens, if, when the commanders whom you elected to command me stationed me at Potidaea, Amphipolis, and Delium, I remained where they stationed me, like anyone else, and risked death, but when the god stationed me—as I believed and understood—requiring me to live as a philosopher, examining myself and others, I then abandoned my post because I feared death