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Stephanus 36d
Stephanus 36d of 125. Read it here for reference, or continue through the entire work without leaving the reader.
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αὐτὸν τρόπον ἐπιμελεῖσθαι—τί οὖν εἰμι ἄξιος παθεῖν τοιοῦτος ὤν; ἀγαθόν τι, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, εἰ δεῖ γε κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ τιμᾶσθαι· καὶ ταῦτά γε ἀγαθὸν τοιοῦτον ὅτι ἂν πρέποι ἐμοί. τί οὖν πρέπει ἀνδρὶ πένητι εὐεργέτῃ δεομένῳ ἄγειν σχολὴν ἐπὶ τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ παρακελεύσει; οὐκ ἔσθʼ ὅτι μᾶλλον, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, πρέπει οὕτως ὡς τὸν τοιοῦτον ἄνδρα ἐν πρυτανείῳ σιτεῖσθαι, πολύ γε μᾶλλον ἢ εἴ τις ὑμῶν ἵππῳ ἢ συνωρίδι ἢ ζεύγει νενίκηκεν Ὀλυμπίασιν· ὁ μὲν γὰρ ὑμᾶς ποιεῖ εὐδαίμονας δοκεῖν εἶναι, ἐγὼ δὲ
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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.
way. What, then, do I deserve to suffer for being such a man? Something good, men of Athens, if the penalty is truly to be assessed according to what I deserve—and moreover, some good suited to me. What, then, is fitting for a poor man who is your benefactor and who needs leisure to exhort you? Nothing is more fitting, men of Athens, than that such a man should be maintained at public expense in the Prytaneum—far more fitting than for any one of you who has won a victory at Olympia with a single horse, a two-horse chariot, or a four-horse team. For such a man makes you seem to be happy, whereas I make you
Mouseia
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actually happy; and he has no need of support, while I do. So if I must propose what I justly deserve, I propose