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Stephanus 36b
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χιλίας δραχμάς, οὐ μεταλαβὼν τὸ πέμπτον μέρος τῶν ψήφων.τιμᾶται δʼ οὖν μοι ὁ ἀνὴρ θανάτου. εἶεν· ἐγὼ δὲ δὴ τίνος ὑμῖν ἀντιτιμήσομαι, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι; ἢ δῆλον ὅτι τῆς ἀξίας; τί οὖν; τ τί ἄξιός εἰμι παθεῖν ἢ ἀποτεῖσαι, ὅτι μαθὼν ἐν τῷ βίῳ οὐχ ἡσυχίαν ἦγον, ἀλλʼ ἀμελήσας ὧνπερ οἱ πολλοί, χρηματισμοῦ τε καὶ οἰκονομίας καὶ στρατηγιῶν καὶ δημηγοριῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀρχῶν καὶ συνωμοσιῶν καὶ στάσεων τῶν ἐν τῇ πόλει γιγνομένων, ἡγησάμενος ἐμαυτὸν
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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.
a thousand drachmas for failing to receive one-fifth of the votes.The man therefore proposes death as my penalty. Very well. What counterpenalty, then, shall I propose to you, men of Athens? Clearly, what I deserve. And what is that? What do I deserve to suffer or pay because I did not choose to lead a quiet life, but neglected the things most men care for—making money, managing a household, military commands, public speeches, the other offices, political alliances, and factions that arise in the city—because I thought myself
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too decent a man in truth to enter into those activities and survive? I did not go where I would be of no benefit either to you or to myself. Instead, I went to each person privately to confer what I maintain is the greatest benefit. I tried to persuade each of you not to care for any of his possessions before caring for himself—how he might become as good and wise as possible—nor to care for the city’s possessions before caring for the city itself, and to care for all other things in the same