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Stephanus 29c
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με νῦν ὑμεῖς ἀφίετε Ἀνύτῳ ἀπιστήσαντες, ὃς ἔφη ἢ τὴν ἀρχὴν οὐ δεῖν ἐμὲ δεῦρο εἰσελθεῖν ἤ, ἐπειδὴ εἰσῆλθον, οὐχ οἷόν τʼ εἶναι τὸ μὴ ἀποκτεῖναί με, λέγων πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὡς εἰ διαφευξοίμην ἤδη ὑμῶν οἱ ὑεῖς ἐπιτηδεύοντες ἃ Σωκράτης διδάσκει πάντες παντάπασι διαφθαρήσονται, —εἴ μοι πρὸς ταῦτα εἴποιτε· ὦ Σώκρατες, νῦν μὲν Ἀνύτῳ οὐ πεισόμεθα ἀλλʼ ἀφίεμέν σε, ἐπὶ τούτῳ μέντοι, ἐφʼ ᾧτε μηκέτι ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ζητήσει διατρίβειν μηδὲ φιλοσοφεῖν· ἐὰν δὲ
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.
you were now to acquit me, refusing to believe Anytus, who said that either I should never have been brought into court in the first place, or, once I had been brought here, it was impossible not to put me to death—telling you that if I escaped, your sons would at once practice what Socrates teaches and would all be utterly corrupted—if, in answer to this, you were to say to me, “Socrates, this time we shall not listen to Anytus, but shall acquit you, on this condition, however: that you no longer spend your time in this inquiry or practice philosophy; and if
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
you were to acquit me now, refusing to believe Anytus, who said that either I should never have been brought into court in the first place or, once I had been brought here, it was impossible not to put me to death—telling you that if I escaped, your sons would all be utterly corrupted by practicing what Socrates teaches—if, in response to this, you were to say to me, “Socrates, this time we will not listen to Anytus but will acquit you, on this condition, however: that you no longer spend your time on this investigation or practice philosophy; and if