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Stephanus 35e
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τὸ μὲν μὴ ἀγανακτεῖν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, ἐπὶ τούτῳ
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at your having voted to convict me—has many causes;
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has happened—that you have found me guilty—many considerations contribute to that, and what has happened was not unexpected by me. I am much more surprised by the number of votes on each side. I certainly did not think the margin would be so narrow, but much wider. As it is, apparently, if only thirty votes had changed sides, I would have been acquitted. As far as Meletus is concerned, then, I believe that even now I have been acquitted; and not only acquitted, but this much is obvious to everyone: if Anytus and Lycon had not come forward to accuse me, Meletus would even have been fined