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Stephanus 30d
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εἶναι ἀμείνονι ἀνδρὶ ὑπὸ χείρονος βλάπτεσθαι. ἀποκτείνειε μεντἂν ἴσως ἢ ἐξελάσειεν ἢ ἀτιμώσειεν· ἀλλὰ ταῦτα οὗτος μὲν ἴσως οἴεται καὶ ἄλλος τίς που μεγάλα κακά, ἐγὼ δʼ οὐκ οἴομαι, ἀλλὰ πολὺ μᾶλλον ποιεῖν ἃ οὑτοσὶ νῦν ποιεῖ, ἄνδρα ἀδίκως ἐπιχειρεῖν ἀποκτεινύναι. νῦν οὖν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, πολλοῦ δέω ἐγὼ ὑπὲρ ἐμαυτοῦ ἀπολογεῖσθαι, ὥς τις ἂν οἴοιτο, ἀλλὰ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν, μή τι ἐξαμάρτητε περὶ τὴν τοῦ
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for a better man to be harmed by a worse one. He might perhaps kill me, or banish me, or deprive me of civic rights. He and perhaps someone else may regard these things as great evils, but I do not. I regard it as a far greater evil to do what this man is now doing: to attempt to put a man to death unjustly. And so, gentlemen of Athens, I am now far from making my defense for my own sake, as someone might suppose; I am making it for yours, so that you may not commit an offense against the god’s
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for a worse man to harm a better one. He might perhaps kill me, exile me, or deprive me of my civic rights. He and perhaps someone else may consider these great evils, but I do not. I consider it a far greater evil to do what this man is doing now: to attempt to put a man to death unjustly. So now, gentlemen of Athens, I am far from defending myself for my own sake, as someone might suppose; I am defending you, so that you do not make a mistake concerning the god’s