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Stephanus 34a
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Ἀδείμαντος, ὁ Ἀρίστωνος, οὗ ἀδελφὸς οὑτοσὶ Πλάτων, καὶ Αἰαντόδωρος, οὗ Ἀπολλόδωρος ὅδε ἀδελφός. καὶ ἄλλους πολλοὺς ἐγὼ ἔχω ὑμῖν εἰπεῖν, ὧν τινα ἐχρῆν μάλιστα μὲν ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ λόγῳ παρασχέσθαι Μέλητον μάρτυρα· εἰ δὲ τότε ἐπελάθετο, νῦν παρασχέσθω—ἐγὼ παραχωρῶ—καὶ λεγέτω εἴ τι ἔχει τοιοῦτον. ἀλλὰ τούτου πᾶν τοὐναντίον εὑρήσετε, ὦ ἄνδρες, πάντας ἐμοὶ βοηθεῖν ἑτοίμους τῷ διαφθείροντι, τῷ κακὰ ἐργαζομένῳ τοὺς οἰκείους αὐτῶν, ὥς φασι Μέλητος καὶ
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Anytus assert. Those who have themselves been corrupted might perhaps have some reason for coming to my aid; but those who have not been corrupted, men already advanced in years, the relatives of these young men—what other reason can they have for aiding me except the right and just one: that they know Meletus is lying and that I am telling the truth?Very well, gentlemen. This, more or less, is what I can offer in my defense, together perhaps with other arguments of the same kind. But perhaps someone among
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Anytus claim. The corrupted men themselves might perhaps have some reason for coming to my aid; but the uncorrupted ones, now older men, who are their relatives—what other reason could they have for helping me except the right and just one: that they know Meletus is lying and I am telling the truth?Well then, gentlemen, this is more or less what I can offer in my defense, along with perhaps other arguments of the same kind. But perhaps one of