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Stephanus 18c
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ποιῶν. οὗτοι, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, οἱ ταύτην τὴν φήμην κατασκεδάσαντες, οἱ δεινοί εἰσίν μου κατήγοροι· οἱ γὰρ ἀκούοντες ἡγοῦνται τοὺς ταῦτα ζητοῦντας οὐδὲ θεοὺς νομίζειν. ἔπειτά εἰσιν οὗτοι οἱ κατήγοροι πολλοὶ καὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἤδη κατηγορηκότες, ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἡλικίᾳ λέγοντες πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν ᾗ ἂν μάλιστα ἐπιστεύσατε, παῖδες ὄντες ἔνιοι ὑμῶν καὶ μειράκια, ἀτεχνῶς ἐρήμην κατηγοροῦντες ἀπολογουμένου οὐδενός. ὃ δὲ πάντων ἀλογώτατον, ὅτι οὐδὲ τὰ
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.
These men, men of Athens, who spread this report abroad, are my formidable accusers; for those who hear them suppose that men who investigate such matters do not even believe in the gods. Furthermore, these accusers are numerous, and they have been making their accusations for a long time; and they spoke to you at an age when you were most ready to believe them, when some of you were children and youths, prosecuting their case quite literally in the absence of the accused, with no one making a defense. And what is most unreasonable of all is that it is not even possible to know and state their
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
These, men of Athens, the people who spread this report, are my formidable accusers. For those who hear it assume that people who investigate such matters do not even believe in the gods. Moreover, these accusers are numerous and have been accusing me for a long time. What is more, they spoke to you at the age when you were most likely to believe them—when some of you were children and adolescents—bringing their case entirely by default, with no one offering a defense. Most unreasonable of all is that it is not even possible to know and state their