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Stephanus 33c
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χρόνον διατρίβοντες; ἀκηκόατε, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, πᾶσαν ὑμῖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐγὼ εἶπον· ὅτι ἀκούοντες χαίρουσιν ἐξεταζομένοις τοῖς οἰομένοις μὲν εἶναι σοφοῖς, οὖσι δʼ οὔ. ἔστι γὰρ οὐκ ἀηδές. ἐμοὶ δὲ τοῦτο, ὡς ἐγώ φημι, προστέτακται ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ πράττειν καὶ ἐκ μαντείων καὶ ἐξ ἐνυπνίων καὶ παντὶ τρόπῳ ᾧπέρ τίς ποτε καὶ ἄλλη θεία μοῖρα ἀνθρώπῳ καὶ ὁτιοῦν προσέταξε πράττειν. ταῦτα, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, καὶ ἀληθῆ ἐστιν καὶ εὐέλεγκτα. εἰ γὰρ δὴ ἔγωγε τῶν νέων
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.
time with me? You have heard the reason, men of Athens; I have told you the whole truth: they enjoy hearing those who suppose themselves wise, but are not, being examined. For it is not an unpleasant thing to hear. But as I maintain, I have been commanded by the god to do this, through oracles, through dreams, and in every way in which any other divine dispensation has ever commanded a man to do anything at all. These things, men of Athens, are both true and easily tested. For if I am indeed corrupting some of the young
Mouseia
Mouseia’s complete Plain English edition, made independently and directly from all 125 Ancient Greek Stephanus sections.
time with me? You have heard the reason, men of Athens; I have told you the whole truth: they enjoy hearing those who think they are wise, but are not, being examined. For it is not unpleasant. But as I maintain, I have been commanded by the god to do this, through oracles and dreams and in every way in which any other divine dispensation has ever commanded a human being to do anything at all. These things, men of Athens, are both true and easy to verify. For if I am indeed corrupting some of the young men