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Stephanus 30e
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θεοῦ δόσιν ὑμῖν ἐμοῦ καταψηφισάμενοι. ἐὰν γάρ με ἀποκτείνητε, οὐ ῥᾳδίως ἄλλον τοιοῦτον εὑρήσετε, ἀτεχνῶς—εἰ καὶ γελοιότερον εἰπεῖν—προσκείμενον τῇ πόλει ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ ὥσπερ ἵππῳ μεγάλῳ μὲν καὶ γενναίῳ, ὑπὸ μεγέθους δὲ νωθεστέρῳ καὶ δεομένῳ ἐγείρεσθαι ὑπὸ μύωπός τινος, οἷον δή μοι δοκεῖ ὁ θεὸς ἐμὲ τῇ πόλει προστεθηκέναι τοιοῦτόν τινα, ὃς ὑμᾶς ἐγείρων καὶ πείθων καὶ ὀνειδίζων ἕνα ἕκαστον
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gift to you by condemning me. For if you put me to death, you will not easily find another man like me, one who—though it may sound rather ridiculous—is quite literally fastened by the god to the city as though to a great and noble horse that has grown sluggish because of its size and needs to be roused by a gadfly. It is as such a man, I believe, that the god has fastened me to the city: I never cease, the whole day long, to rouse, persuade, and reproach each one of you,
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gift to you by finding me guilty. For if you put me to death, you will not easily find another man like me, quite literally—though it may sound rather ridiculous—attached to the city by the god as to a large and noble horse that, because of its size, is somewhat sluggish and needs to be roused by a gadfly. It seems to me that the god has attached me to the city as just such a person, one who never stops rousing, persuading, and reproaching each one of you