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Stephanus 32b
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πώποτε ἦρξα ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἐβούλευσα δέ· καὶ ἔτυχεν ἡμῶν ἡ φυλὴ Ἀντιοχὶς πρυτανεύουσα ὅτε ὑμεῖς τοὺς δέκα στρατηγοὺς τοὺς οὐκ ἀνελομένους τοὺς ἐκ τῆς ναυμαχίας ἐβουλεύσασθε ἁθρόους κρίνειν, παρανόμως, ὡς ἐν τῷ ὑστέρῳ χρόνῳ πᾶσιν ὑμῖν ἔδοξεν. τότʼ ἐγὼ μόνος τῶν πρυτάνεων ἠναντιώθην ὑμῖν μηδὲν ποιεῖν παρὰ τοὺς νόμους καὶ ἐναντία ἐψηφισάμην· καὶ ἑτοίμων ὄντων ἐνδεικνύναι με καὶ ἀπάγειν τῶν ῥητόρων, καὶ ὑμῶν κελευόντων καὶ βοώντων, μετὰ τοῦ
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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.
in the city, but I did serve on the Council. It happened that my tribe, Antiochis, held the presidency when you decided to try collectively the ten generals who had failed to recover the men lost in the naval battle—an illegal procedure, as all of you came to recognize afterward. At that time I alone among the presiding officers opposed your doing anything contrary to the laws, and I voted against it. Though the orators were ready to denounce and arrest me, and though you were shouting and ordering them to do so, I thought that I must take my stand with
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
in the city, but I did serve on the Council. It happened that my tribe, Antiochis, held the presidency when you decided to try collectively the ten generals who had failed to recover the men from the naval battle, contrary to law, as all of you later came to recognize. At that time I alone among the presiding officials opposed your doing anything contrary to the laws, and I voted against it. Although the public speakers were ready to denounce and arrest me, and although you were calling for it and shouting, I thought that I should take my stand