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ἂν ποιήσαντος ἄλλα, οὐδʼ εἰ μέλλω πολλάκις τεθνάναι.μὴ θορυβεῖτε, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἀλλʼ ἐμμείνατέ μοι οἷς ἐδεήθην ὑμῶν, μὴ θορυβεῖν ἐφʼ οἷς ἂν λέγω ἀλλʼ ἀκούειν· καὶ γάρ, ὡς ἐγὼ οἶμαι, ὀνήσεσθε ἀκούοντες. μέλλω γὰρ οὖν ἄττα ὑμῖν ἐρεῖν καὶ ἄλλα ἐφʼ οἷς ἴσως βοήσεσθε· ἀλλὰ μηδαμῶς ποιεῖτε τοῦτο. εὖ γὰρ ἴστε, ἐάν με ἀποκτείνητε τοιοῦτον ὄντα οἷον ἐγὼ λέγω, οὐκ ἐμὲ μείζω βλάψετε ἢ ὑμᾶς αὐτούς· ἐμὲ μὲν γὰρ οὐδὲν ἂν βλάψειεν οὔτε Μέλητος οὔτε Ἄνυτος—οὐδὲ γὰρ ἂν δύναιτο—οὐ γὰρ οἴομαι θεμιτὸν
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act otherwise, even if I must die many times over.
Do not make an uproar, gentlemen of Athens, but abide by the request I made of you: do not shout at what I say, but listen. For I believe that listening will benefit you. I am now going to tell you certain other things at which you may perhaps cry out; but by no means do so. Be well assured that if you put me to death, being the sort of man I say I am, you will do greater harm not to me but to yourselves. For neither Meletus nor Anytus can harm me at all—nor could they—for I do not believe it is permitted
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act any differently, not even if I am to die many times over.
Do not make an uproar, gentlemen of Athens, but keep the promise I asked of you: not to make an uproar at what I say, but to listen. For I think you will benefit by listening. I am about to say some other things to you at which you may perhaps shout out; but do not do that under any circumstances. Be assured that if you put me to death for being the kind of man I say I am, you will harm yourselves more than me. For neither Meletus nor Anytus could harm me at all—they would not be able to—because I do not believe it is permitted