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Stephanus 33d
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τοὺς μὲν διαφθείρω τοὺς δὲ διέφθαρκα, χρῆν δήπου, εἴτε τινὲς αὐτῶν πρεσβύτεροι γενόμενοι ἔγνωσαν ὅτι νέοις οὖσιν αὐτοῖς ἐγὼ κακὸν πώποτέ τι συνεβούλευσα, νυνὶ αὐτοὺς ἀναβαίνοντας ἐμοῦ κατηγορεῖν καὶ τιμωρεῖσθαι· εἰ δὲ μὴ αὐτοὶ ἤθελον, τῶν οἰκείων τινὰς τῶν ἐκείνων, πατέρας καὶ ἀδελφοὺς καὶ ἄλλους τοὺς προσήκοντας, εἴπερ ὑπʼ ἐμοῦ τι κακὸν ἐπεπόνθεσαν αὐτῶν οἱ οἰκεῖοι, νῦν μεμνῆσθαι καὶ τιμωρεῖσθαι. πάντως δὲ πάρεισιν αὐτῶν πολλοὶ ἐνταυθοῖ οὓς ἐγὼ ὁρῶ, πρῶτον μὲν Κρίτων οὑτοσί, ἐμὸς ἡλικιώτης
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and have already corrupted others, then surely, if any of them, on growing older, had realized that I had ever given them bad advice when they were young, they themselves ought now to come forward, accuse me, and seek vengeance. Or if they were unwilling to do so themselves, then some of their relatives—fathers, brothers, or others close to them—ought now to remember it and seek vengeance, if their own kin have suffered any harm at my hands. At all events, many of them are here present, and I can see them: first, Crito here, my contemporary and fellow demesman, the father of Critobulus here; then Lysanias of Sphettus, the father of Aeschines here; and also Antiphon of Cephisus here, the father of Epigenes. Here, furthermore, are others whose brothers have joined me in this occupation: Nicostratus, son of Theozotides, the brother of Theodotus—and Theodotus is dead, so he at least could not have begged his brother to refrain—and Paralus here, the son of Demodocus, whose brother was Theages; and here is
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and have already corrupted others, then surely, if any of them, on growing older, had realized that I had ever given them bad advice when they were young, they themselves ought now to come forward to accuse me and seek my punishment. Or if they themselves were unwilling, then some of their relatives—fathers, brothers, and other family members—ought now to remember it and seek my punishment, if their own relatives have in fact suffered any harm at my hands. In any case, many of them are present here, and I can see them: first, here is Crito, my contemporary and fellow member of my deme, the father of Critobulus here; next, Lysanias of Sphettus, the father of Aeschines here; and here too is Antiphon of Cephisus, the father of Epigenes; then here are others whose brothers have spent their time in my company: Nicostratus, son of Theozotides and brother of Theodotus—and Theodotus is dead, so he at least could not have begged Nicostratus not to testify—and here is Paralus, son of Demodocus, whose brother was Theages; and here is