Platonis Opera Selecta
Apologia di Socrate
Oti mn mew, ndrew Ayhnaoi, pepnyate p tn
mn kathgrvn, ok oda: g d' on ka atw p' atn
lgou mauto pelaymhn, otv piyanw legon. katoi
lhyw ge w pow epen odn erkasin. mlista d
atn n yamasa tn polln n cesanto, toto n
legon w xrn mw elabesyai m p' mo japathyte
w deino ntow lgein. t gr m asxunynai ti atka
p' mo jelegxysontai rg, peidn mhd' pvstion
fanvmai deinw lgein, tot moi dojen atn naisxun-
ttaton enai, e m ra deinn kalosin otoi lgein tn
tlhy lgonta: e mn gr toto lgousin, mologohn n
gvge o kat totouw enai =tvr. otoi mn on, sper
g lgv, ti odn lhyw erkasin, mew d mou ko-
sesye psan tn lyeian^o mntoi m Da, ndrew
Ayhnaoi, kekalliephmnouw ge lgouw, sper o totvn,
=mas te ka nmasin od kekosmhmnouw, ll' ko-
sesye ek legmena tow pituxosin nmasin pistev
gr dkaia enai lgv ka mhdew mn prosdokhstv
llvw: od gr n dpou prpoi, ndrew, tde t
lik& sper meirak plttonti lgouw ew mw esinai.
ka mntoi ka pnu, ndrew Ayhnaoi, toto mn domai
ka paremai: n di tn atn lgvn koht mou po-
logoumnou di' nper evya lgein ka n gor p tn
trapezn, na mn pollo khkasi, ka lloyi, mte
yaumzein mte yoruben totou neka. xei gr otvs.
nn g prton p dikastrion nabbhka, th gegonw
bdomkonta: texnw on jnvw xv tw nyde ljevw.
sper on n, e t nti jnow tgxanon n, sunegign-
skete dpou n moi e n ken t fvn te ka t trp
legon n osper teyrmmhn, ka d ka nn toto mn
domai dkaion, w g moi dok, tn mn trpon tw ljevw
n svw mn gr xervn, svw d beltvn n eh at
d toto skopen ka tot tn non prosxein, e dkaia
lgv m: dikasto mn gr ath ret, =torow d
tlhy lgein.
Prton mn on dkaiw emi pologsasyai, ndrew
Ayhnaoi, prw t prt mou ceud kathgorhmna ka tow
prtouw kathgrouw, peita d prw t steron ka tow
strouw. mo gr pollo katgoroi gegnasi prw mw
ka plai poll dh th ka odn lhyw lgontew, ow
g mllon fobomai tow mf Anuton, kaper ntaw
ka totouw deinow: ll' kenoi deinteroi, ndrew, o
mn tow pollow k padvn paralambnontew peiyn
te ka kathgroun mo mllon odn lhyw, w stin tiw
Svkrthw sofw nr, t te metvra frontistw ka t
p gw pnta nezhthkw ka tn ttv lgon krettv
poin. otoi, ndrew Ayhnaoi, tathn tn fmhn
kataskedsantew, o deino esn mou katgoroi: o gr
koontew gontai tow tata zhtontaw od yeow nomzein.
peit esin otoi o katgoroi pollo ka poln xrnon
dh kathgorhktew, ti d ka n tat t lik& lgontew
prw mw n n mlista pistesate, padew ntew nioi
mn ka meirkia, texnw rmhn kathgorontew polo-
goumnou odenw. d pntvn logtaton, ti od t
nmata on te atn ednai ka epen, pln e tiw
kvmdopoiw tugxnei n. soi d fyn ka diabol
xrmenoi mw npeiyon o d ka ato pepeismnoi
llouw peyontes otoi pntew portato esin: od gr
nabibsasyai on t' stn atn ntauyo od' lgjai
odna, ll' ngkh texnw sper skiamaxen pologo-
menn te ka lgxein mhdenw pokrinomnou. jisate
on ka mew, sper g lgv, dittow mou tow kathgrouw
gegonnai, trouw mn tow rti kathgorsantaw, trouw d
tow plai ow g lgv, ka oޮyhte den prw kenouw
prtn me pologsasyai: ka gr mew kenvn prteron
kosate kathgorontvn ka pol mllon tnde tn
steron.
Een: pologhton d, ndrew Ayhnaoi, ka pixeirh-
ton mn jelsyai tn diaboln n mew n poll xrn
sxete tathn n otvw lg xrn. boulomhn mn on
n toto otvw gensyai, e ti meinon ka mn ka mo,
ka plon t me poisai pologomenon: omai d at
xalepn enai, ka o pnu me lanynei on stin. mvw
toto mn tv p t ye flon, t d nm peiston ka
pologhton.
Analbvmen on j rxw tw kathgora stn j w
m diabol ggonen, d ka pistevn Mlhtw me gr-
cato tn grafn tathn. een: t d lgontew diballon
o diabllontew; sper on kathgrvn tn ntvmosan
de nagnnai atn: "Svkrthw dike ka periergzetai
zhtn t te p gw ka ornia ka tn ttv lgon krettv
poin ka llouw tat tata didskvn." toiath tw stin:
tata gr vrte ka ato n t Aristofnouw kvmd&,
Svkrth tin ke perifermenon, fskont te erobaten
ka llhn polln fluaran fluaronta, n g odn ote
mga ote mikrn pri pav. ka ox w timzvn lgv
tn toiathn pistmhn, e tiw per tn toiotvn sofw
stin m pvw g p Meltou tosataw dkaw fegoimi
ll gr mo totvn, ndrew Ayhnaoi, odn mtestin.
mrturaw d a mn tow pollow parxomai, ka ji
mw lllouw didskein te ka frzein, soi mo ppote
khkate dialegomnou pollo d mn o toioto esin
frzete on llloiw e ppote mikrn mga kous
tiw mn mo per tn toiotvn dialegomnou, ka k
totou gnsesye ti toiat' st ka tlla per mo o
pollo lgousin.
All gr ote totvn odn stin, od g' e tinow
khkate w g paideein pixeir nyrpouw ka xrmata
prttomai, od toto lhyw. pe ka tot g moi doke
kaln enai, e tiw ow t' eh paideein nyrpouw sper
Gorgaw te Leontnow ka Prdikow Keow ka Ippaw
Hleow. totvn gr kastow, ndrew, ow t' stn n
ew ksthn tn plevn tow nous ow jesti tn autn
politn proka sunenai n bolvntai totouw peyousi
tw kenvn sunousaw polipntaw sfsin sunenai xr-
mata didntaw ka xrin proseidnai. pe ka llow nr
sti Priow nyde sofw n g symhn pidhmonta:
tuxon gr proselyn ndr w tetleke xrmata sofistaw
plev smpantew o lloi, Kall& t Ipponkou: toton
on nhrmhn^stn gr at do e "V Kalla," n
d' g, "e mn sou t e plv msxv gensyhn,
exomen n aton pistthn laben ka misysasyai w
mellen at kal te kgay poisein tn proskousan
retn, n d' n otow tn ppikn tiw tn gevrgikn:
nn d' peid nyrpv stn, tna aton n n xeiw
pistthn laben; tw tw toiathw retw, tw nyrvpnhw
te ka politikw, pistmvn stn; omai gr se skfyai
di tn tn vn ktsin. stin tiw," fhn g, " o;"
"Pnu ge," d' w. "Tw," n d' g, "ka podapw, ka
psou didskei;" "Ehnow," fh, " Skratew, Priow,
pnte mnn." ka g tn Ehnon makrisa e w lhyw
xoi tathn tn txnhn ka otvw mmelw didskei. g
gon ka atw kallunmhn te ka brunmhn n e pistmhn
tata: ll' o gr pstamai, ndrew Ayhnaoi.
Upolboi n on tiw mn svw: "All', Skratew,
t sn t sti prgma; pyen a diabola soi atai geg-
nasin; o gr dpou so ge odn tn llvn perittteron
pragmateuomnou peita tosath fmh te ka lgow ggonen,
e m ti prattew lloon o pollo. lge on mn t
stin, na m mew per so atosxedizvmen." taut moi
doke dkaia lgein lgvn, kg mn peirsomai po-
dejai t pot' stn toto mo pepohken t te noma
ka tn diaboln. koete d. ka svw mn djv tisn
mn pazein: e mntoi ste, psan mn tn lyeian
r. g gr, ndrew Ayhnaoi, di' odn ll' di
sofan tin toto t noma sxhka. poan d sofan
tathn; per stn svw nyrvpnh sofa: t nti gr
kindunev tathn enai sofw. otoi d tx' n, ow rti
legon, mezv tin kat' nyrvpon sofan sofo een,
ok xv t lgv: o gr d gvge atn pstamai, ll'
stiw fhs cedeta te ka p diabol t m lgei. ka
moi, ndrew Ayhnaoi, m yorubshte, mhd' n djv ti
mn mga lgein: o gr mn r tn lgon n n lgv,
ll' ew jixrevn mn tn lgonta nosv. tw gr
mw, e d tw stin sofa ka oa, mrtura mn parjomai
tn yen tn n Delfow. Xairefnta gr ste pou. otow
mw te tarow n k nou ka mn t plyei tarw te
ka sunfuge tn fugn tathn ka mey' mn katlye.
ka ste d oow n Xairefn, w sfodrw f' ti rmseien.
ka d pote ka ew Delfow lyn tlmhse toto mante-
sasyai^ka, per lgv, m yorubete, ndres reto gr
d e tiw mo eh softerow. nelen on Puya mhdna
softeron enai. ka totvn pri delfw mn ato
otos martursei, peid kenow tetelethken.
Skcasye d n neka tata lgv: mllv gr mw did-
jein yen moi diabol ggonen. tata gr g kosaw
neyumomhn otvs: "T pote lgei yew, ka t pote
anttetai; g gr d ote mga ote smikrn snoida
maut sofw n: t on pote lgei fskvn m sof-
taton enai; o gr dpou cedeta ge: o gr ymiw
at." ka poln mn xrnon proun t pote lgei:
peita mgiw pnu p zthsin ato toiathn tin trap-
mhn. lyon p tina tn dokontvn sofn enai, w
ntaya eper pou lgjvn t manteon ka pofann t
xrhsm ti "Otos mo softerw sti, s d' m fhsya."
diaskopn on toton^nmati gr odn domai lgein,
n d tiw tn politikn prw n g skopn toiotn ti
payon, ndrew Ayhnaoi, ka dialegmenow at doj
moi otow nr doken mn enai sofw lloiw te pollow
nyrpoiw ka mlista aut, enai d' o: kpeita peir-
mhn at deiknnai ti ooito mn enai sofw, eh d' o.
nteyen on tot te phxymhn ka pollow tn parntvn:
prw mautn d' on pin logizmhn ti totou mn to
nyrpou g softerw emi: kinduneei mn gr mn
odterow odn kaln kgayn ednai, ll' otow mn
oeta ti ednai ok edw, g d, sper on ok oda,
od oomai: oika gon totou ge smikr tini at tot
softerow enai, ti m oda od oomai ednai. nteyen
p' llon a tn kenou dokontvn sofvtrvn enai ka
moi tat tata doje, ka ntaya kken ka lloiw
pollow phxymhn.
Met tat' on dh fejw a, asyanmenow mn [ka]
lupomenow ka dediw ti phxyanmhn, mvw d nagkaon
dkei enai t to yeo per plestou poiesyai ton
on, skoponti tn xrhsmn t lgei, p pantaw tow ti
dokontaw ednai. ka n tn kna, ndrew Ayhnaoi
de gr prw mw tlhy lgein mn g payn ti
toioton: o mn mlista edokimontew dojn moi lgou
den to plestou ndeew enai zhtonti kat tn yen,
lloi d dokontew faulteroi pieiksteroi enai ndrew
prw t fronmvw xein. de d mn tn mn plnhn
pidejai sper pnouw tinw ponontow na moi ka n-
legktow mantea gnoito. met gr tow politikow a
p tow poihtw tow te tn tragdin ka tow tn
diyurmbvn ka tow llouw, w ntaya p' atofr
katalhcmenow mautn maysteron kenvn nta. na-
lambnvn on atn t poimata moi dkei mlista
pepragmatesyai atow, dihrtvn n atow t lgoien,
n' ma ti ka manynoimi par' atn. asxnomai on
mn epen, ndrew, tlhy: mvw d =hton. w pow
gr epen lgou atn pantew o parntew n bltion
legon per n ato pepoikesan. gnvn on a ka
per tn poihtn n lg toto, ti o sof& poioen
poioen, ll fsei tin ka nyousizontew sper o
yeomnteiw ka o xrhsmdo: ka gr otoi lgousi mn
poll ka kal, sasin d odn n lgousi. toiotn
t moi fnhsan pyow ka o poihta peponytew, ka
ma symhn atn di tn pohsin oomnvn ka tlla
sofvttvn enai nyrpvn ok san. pa on ka
nteyen t at omenow perigegonnai per ka tn
politikn.
Teleutn on p tow xeirotxnaw a: maut gr
sundh odn pistamn w pow epen, totouw d g' dh
ti ersoimi poll ka kal pistamnouw. ka totou
mn ok cesyhn, ll' pstanto g ok pistmhn
ka mou tat softeroi san. ll', ndrew Ayhnaoi,
tatn moi dojan xein mrthma per ka o poihta ka
o gayo dhmiourgo^di t tn txnhn kalw jerg-
zesyai kastow jou ka tlla t mgista softatow
enai^ka atn ath plhmmleia kenhn tn sofan
pokrptein: ste me mautn nervtn pr to xrhsmo
ptera dejamhn n otvw sper xv xein, mte ti sofw
n tn kenvn sofan mte mayw tn mayan, m-
ftera kenoi xousin xein. pekrinmhn on maut
ka t xrhsm ti moi lusitelo sper xv xein.
Ek tauths d tw jetsevw, ndrew Ayhnaoi,
polla mn pxyeia moi gegnasi ka oai xaleptatai
ka bartatai, ste pollw diabolw p' atn gegonnai,
noma d toto lgesyai, sofw enai: oontai gr me
kstote o parntew tata atn enai sofn n llon
jelgjv. t d kinduneei, ndrew, t nti yew
sofw enai, ka n t xrhsm tot toto lgein, ti
nyrvpnh sofa lgou tinw ja stn ka odenw. ka
fanetai toton lgein tn Svkrth, proskexrsyai d
t m nmati, m pardeigma poiomenow, sper n
epoi ti "Otow mn, nyrvpoi, softatw stin,
stiw sper Svkrthw gnvken ti odenw jiw sti t
lhye& prw sofan." tat' on g mn ti ka nn
periin zht ka reun kat tn yen ka tn stn ka
jnvn n tina ovmai sofn enai: ka peidn moi m
dok, t ye bohyn ndeknumai ti ok sti sofw. ka
p tathw tw sxolaw ote ti tn tw plevw prja
moi sxol ggonen jion lgou ote tn okevn, ll' n
pen& mur& em di tn to yeo latrean.
Prw d totoiw o noi moi pakolouyontes^ow m-
lista sxol stin, o tn plousivttvn^atmatoi,
xarousin koontew jetazomnvn tn nyrpvn, ka ato
pollkiw m mimontai, eta pixeirosin llouw jetzein:
kpeita omai erskousi polln fyonan oomnvn mn
ednai ti nyrpvn, edtvn d lga odn. nteyen
on o p' atn jetazmenoi mo rgzontai, ox atow,
ka lgousin w Svkrthw tw sti miartatow ka dia-
fyerei tow nouw: ka peidn tiw atow rvt ti poin
ka ti didskvn, xousi mn odn epen ll' gnoosin,
na d m doksin poren, t kat pntvn tn filoso-
fontvn prxeira tata lgousin, ti "t metvra ka
t p gs" ka "yeow m nomzein" ka "tn ttv
lgon krettv poien." t gr lhy oomai ok n
yloien lgein, ti katdhloi ggnontai prospoiomenoi
mn ednai, edtew d odn. te on omai filtimoi
ntew ka sfodro ka pollo, ka suntetamnvw ka pi-
yanw lgontew per mo, mpeplkasin mn t ta ka
plai ka sfodrw diabllontew. k totvn ka Mlhtw
moi pyeto ka Anutow ka Lkvn, Mlhtow mn pr tn
poihtn xymenow, Anutow d pr tn dhmiourgn ka
tn politikn, Lkvn d pr tn =htrvn: ste, per
rxmenow g legon, yaumzoim' n e ow t' ehn g
mn tathn tn diaboln jelsyai n otvw lg xrn
otv polln gegonuan. tat' stin mn, ndrew Ayh-
naoi, tlhy, ka mw ote mga ote mikrn pokruc-
menow g lgv od' posteilmenow. katoi oda sxedn
ti atow totoiw pexynomai, ka tekmrion ti lhy
lgv ka ti ath stn diabol m ka t atia
tat stin. ka nte nn nte ayiw zhtshte tata,
otvw ersete.
Per mn on n o prto mou katgoroi kathgroun
ath stv kan pologa prw mw: prw d Mlhton
tn gayn ka filpolin, w fhsi, ka tow strouw
met tata peirsomai pologsasyai. ayiw gr d,
sper trvn totvn ntvn kathgrvn, lbvmen a tn
totvn ntvmosan. xei d pvw de: Svkrth fhsn
diken tow te nouw diafyeronta ka yeow ow pliw
nomzei o nomzonta, tera d daimnia kain. t mn d
gklhma toiotn stin: totou d to gklmatow n
kaston jetsvmen.
Fhs gr d tow nouw diken me diafyeronta. g d
ge, ndrew Ayhnaoi, diken fhmi Mlhton, ti spoud
xarientzetai, =&dvw ew gna kayistw nyrpouw, per
pragmtvn prospoiomenow spoudzein ka kdesyai n odn
tot ppote mlhsen: w d toto otvw xei, peirsomai
ka mn pidejai. ka moi dero, Mlhte, ep: llo ti
per plestou poi pvw w bltistoi o neteroi sontai;
Egvge.
Iyi d nun ep totoiw, tw atow beltouw poie;
dlon gr ti osya, mlon g soi. tn mn gr dia-
fyeronta jeurn, w fw, m, esgeiw toutois ka kath-
gorew: tn d d beltouw poionta yi ep ka mnuson
atow tw stin. Orw, Mlhte, ti sigw ka ok
xeiw epen; katoi ok asxrn soi doke enai ka kann
tekmrion o d g lgv, ti soi odn memlhken; ll'
ep, gay, tw atow menouw poie;
O nmoi.
All' o toto rvt, bltiste, ll tw nyrvpow,
stiw prton ka at toto ode, tow nmouw;
Otoi, Skratew, o dikasta.
Pw lgeiw, Mlhte; ode tow nouw paideein oo
t esi ka beltouw poiosin;
Mlista.
Pteron pantew, o mn atn, o d' o;
Apantew.
E ge n tn Hran lgeiw ka polln fyonan tn
felontvn. t d d; o d kroata beltouw poiosin
o;
Ka otoi.
T d, o bouleuta;
Ka o bouleuta.
All' ra, Mlhte, m o n t kklhs&, o kklh-
siasta, diafyerousi tow nevtrouw; kkenoi beltouw
poiosin pantew;
Kkenoi.
Pntew ra, w oiken, Ayhnaoi kalow kgayow
poiosi pln mo, g d mnow diafyerv. otv lgeiw;
Pnu sfdra tata lgv.
Polln g mou katgnvkaw dustuxan. ka moi p-
krinai: ka per ppouw otv soi doke xein; o mn
beltouw poiontew atow pntew nyrvpoi enai, ew d
tiw diafyervn; tonanton totou pn ew mn tiw
beltouw ow t' n poien pnu lgoi, o ppiko, o d
pollo nper sunsi ka xrntai ppoiw, diafyerousin;
ox otvw xei, Mlhte, ka per ppvn ka tn llvn
pntvn zvn; pntvw dpou, nte s ka Anutow o
fte nte fte: poll gr n tiw edaimona eh per
tow nouw e ew mn mnow atow diafyerei, o d' lloi
felosin. ll gr, Mlhte, kanw pideknusai
ti odeppote frntisaw tn nvn, ka safw pofa-
neiw tn sauto mleian, ti odn soi memlhken per n
m esgeiw.
Eti d mn ep, prw Diw Mlhte, ptern stin
oken meinon n poltaiw xrhstow ponhrow; tn, p-
krinai: odn gr toi xalepn rvt. ox o mn ponhro
kakn ti rgzontai tow e gguttv atn ntaw, o d'
gayo gayn ti;
Pnu ge.
Estin on stiw boletai p tn sunntvn blptesyai
mllon felesyai; pokrnou, gay: ka gr nmow
keleei pokrnesyai. sy' stiw boletai blptesyai;
O dta.
Fre d, pteron m esgeiw dero w diafyeronta tow
nouw ka ponhrotrouw poionta knta konta;
Eknta gvge.
T dta, Mlhte; tosoton s mo softerow e th-
likotou ntow thliksde n, ste s mn gnvkaw ti o
mn kako kakn ti rgzontai e tow mlista plhson
autn, o d gayo gayn, g d d ew tosoton ma-
yaw kv ste ka tot' gno, ti n tina moxyhrn
poisv tn sunntvn, kindunesv kakn ti laben p' ato,
ste toto tosoton kakn kn poi, w fw s;
tata g soi o peyomai, Mlhte, omai d od llon
nyrpvn odna: ll' o diafyerv, e diafyerv,
kvn, ste s ge kat' mftera ced. e d kvn dia-
fyerv, tn toiotvn [ka kousvn] marthmtvn o dero
nmow esgein stn, ll d& labnta didskein ka nou-
yeten: dlon gr ti n myv, pasomai ge kvn poi.
s d suggensyai mn moi ka didjai fugew ka ok
ylhsaw, dero d esgeiw, o nmow stn esgein tow
kolsevw deomnouw ll' o maysevw.
All gr, ndrew Ayhnaoi, toto mn dh dlon
og legon, ti Melt totvn ote mga ote mikrn
ppote mlhsen. mvw d d lge mn, pw me fw
diafyerein, Mlhte, tow nevtrouw; dlon d ti
kat tn grafn n grcv yeow didskonta m nomzein
ow pliw nomzei, tera d daimnia kain; o tata
lgeiw ti didskvn diafyerv;
Pnu mn on sfdra tata lgv.
Prw atn tonun, Mlhte, totvn tn yen n nn
lgow stn, ep ti safsteron ka mo ka tow n-
drsin toutois. g gr o dnamai mayen pteron lgeiw
didskein me nomzein ena tinaw yeos ka atw ra nomzv
enai yeow ka ok em t parpan yeow od tat dik
^o mntoi osper ge pliw ll trouw, ka tot' stin
moi gkalew, ti trouw, pantpas me fw ote
atn nomzein yeow tow te llouw tata didskein.
Tata lgv, w t parpan o nomzeiw yeow.
V yaumsie Mlhte, na t tata lgeiw; od lion
od selnhn ra nomzv yeow enai, sper o lloi n-
yrvpoi;
M D', ndrew dikasta, pe tn mn lion lyon
fhsn enai, tn d selnhn gn.
Anajagrou oei kathgoren, fle Mlhte; ka otv
katafronew tnde ka oei atow perouw grammtvn enai
ste ok ednai ti t Anajagrou bibla to Klazome-
nou gmei totvn tn lgvn; ka d ka o noi tata par'
mo manynousin, jestin note e pnu pollo draxmw
k tw rxstraw priamnoiw Svkrtouw katageln, n
prospoitai auto enai, llvw te ka otvw topa nta;
ll', prw Diw, otvs soi dok; odna nomzv yen
enai;
O mntoi m Da od' pvstion.
Apistw g' e, Mlhte, ka tata mntoi, w mo
dokew, saut. mo gr doke otos, ndrew Ayhnaoi,
pnu enai bristw ka klastow, ka texnw tn gra-
fn tathn brei tin ka kolas& ka nethti grcasyai.
oiken gr sper anigma suntiynti diapeirvmn "Ara
gnsetai Svkrthw sofw d mo xarientizomnou ka
nant' maut lgontow, japatsv atn ka tow l-
louw tow koontaw;" otow gr mo fanetai t nanta
lgein atw aut n t graf sper n e epoi: "Adike
Svkrthw yeow o nomzvn, ll yeow nomzvn." katoi
tot sti pazontow.
Sunepiskcasye d, ndrew, moi fanetai tata
lgein: s d mn pkrinai, Mlhte. mew d, per
kat' rxw mw parthsmhn, mmnhsy moi m yoruben
n n t evyti trp tow lgouw poimai.
Estin stiw nyrpvn, Mlhte, nyrpeia mn nomzei
prgmat' enai, nyrpouw d o nomzei; pokrinsyv,
ndrew, ka m lla ka lla yorubetv: sy' stiw ppouw
mn o nomzei, ppik d prgmata; alhtw mn o
nomzei enai, alhtik d prgmata; ok stin, riste
ndrn: e m s bolei pokrnesyai, g so lgv ka
tow lloiw toutois. ll t p tot ge pkrinai:
sy' stiw daimnia mn nomzei prgmat' enai, damonaw d
o nomzei;
Ok stin.
Vw nhsaw ti mgiw pekrnv p toutvn nagkaz-
menow. okon daimnia mn fw me ka nomzein ka did-
skein, et' on kain ete palai, ll' on daimni ge
nomzv kat tn sn lgon, ka tata ka divmsv n t
ntigraf. e d daimnia nomzv, ka damonaw dpou
poll ngkh nomzein m stin: ox otvw xei; xei d:
tyhmi gr se mologonta, peid ok pokrn. tow d
damonaw ox toi yeow ge gomeya yen padaw; fw
o;
Pnu ge.
Okon eper damonaw gomai, w s fw, e mn yeo
tinw esin o damonew, tot' n eh g fhm se ant-
tesyai ka xarientzesyai, yeow ox gomenon fnai me
yeow a gesyai plin, peidper ge damonaw gomai:
e d' a o damonew yen padw esin nyoi tinw k num-
fn k tinvn llvn n d ka lgontai, tw n nyr-
pvn yen mn padaw goto enai, yeow d m; movw gr
n topon eh sper n e tiw ppvn mn padaw goto
ka nvn, tow minouw, ppouw d ka nouw m goto
enai. ll', Mlhte, ok stin pvw s tata ox
popeirmenow mn grcv tn grafn tathn porn
ti gkalow mo lhyw dkhma: pvw d s tina peyoiw
n ka smikrn non xonta nyrpvn, w o to ato
stin ka daimnia ka yea gesyai, ka a to ato mte
damonaw mte yeow mte rvaw, odema mhxan stin.
All gr, ndrew Ayhnaoi, w mn g ok dik
kat tn Meltou grafn, o pollw moi doke enai po-
logaw, ll kan ka tata: d ka n tow mprosyen
legon, ti poll moi pxyeia ggonen ka prw pollow,
e ste ti lhyw stin. ka tot' stin m are, n-
per ar, o Mlhtow od Anutow ll' tn polln dia-
bol te ka fynow. d pollow ka llouw ka gayow
ndraw rhken, omai d ka arsei: odn d deinn m n
mo st.
Isvw n on epoi tiw: "Et' ok asxn, Skratew,
toioton pitdeuma pithdesaw j o kinduneeiw nun po-
yanen;" g d tot n dkaion lgon ntepoimi, ti "O
kalw lgeiw, nyrvpe, e oei den kndunon pologzesyai
to zn teynnai ndra tou ti ka smikrn felw stin,
ll' ok keno mnon skopen tan prtt, pteron dkaia
dika prttei, ka ndrw gayo rga kako. faloi
gr n t ge s lg een tn miyvn soi n Tro&
teteleutkasin o te lloi ka tw Ytidow w, w
tosoton to kindnou katefrnhsen par t asxrn ti
pomenai ste, peid epen mthr at proyumoumn
Ektora poktenai, yew osa, otvs pvw, w g omai:
"V pa, e timvrseiw Patrkl t tar tn fnon
ka Ektora poktenew, atw poyan atka gr toi,"
fhs, "mey' Ektora ptmow tomos" d toto kosaw
to mn yantou ka to kindnou ligrhse, pol d ml-
lon desaw t zn kakw n ka tow floiw m timvren,
"Atka," fhs, "teynahn, dkhn piyew t dikonti,
na m nyde mnv kataglastow par nhus korvnsin
xyow rorhw." m atn oei frontsai yantou ka
kindnou;"
Otv gr xei, ndrew Ayhnaoi, t lhye&: o n tiw
autn tj ghsmenow bltiston enai p' rxontow
taxy, ntaya de, w mo doke, mnonta kinduneein,
mhdn pologizmenon mte ynaton mte llo mhdn pr to
asxro. g on dein n ehn ergasmnow, ndrew
Ayhnaoi, e te mn me o rxontew tatton, ow mew elesye
rxein mou, ka n Poteida& ka n Amfiplei ka p
Dhl, tte mn o kenoi tatton menon sper ka llow
tiw ka kindneuon poyanen, to d yeo tttontow, w g
Ӯyhn te ka plabon, filosofont me den zn ka jet-
zonta mautn ka tow llouw, ntaya d fobhyew ynaton
ll' tion prgma lpoimi tn tjin. deinn tn eh, ka
w lhyw tt' n me dikavw esgoi tiw ew dikastrion,
ti o nomzv yeow enai peiyn t mante& ka dediw
ynaton ka omenow sofw enai ok n. t gr toi
ynaton dedinai, ndrew, odn llo stn doken sofn
enai m nta: doken gr ednai stn ok oden. ode
mn gr odew tn ynaton od' e tugxnei t nyrp
pntvn mgiston n tn gayn, dedasi d' w e edtew
ti mgiston tn kakn sti. katoi pw ok maya stn
ath ponedistow, to oesyai ednai ok oden; g
d', ndrew, tot ka ntaya svw diafrv tn polln
nyrpvn, ka e d t softerw tou fahn enai, tot
n, ti ok edw kanw per tn n Aidou otv ka oomai
ok ednai: t d diken ka peiyen t beltoni ka ye
ka nyrp, ti kakn ka asxrn stin oda. pr on tn
kakn n oda ti kak stin, m oda e ka gay nta
tugxnei odpote fobsomai od fejomai: ste od' e
me nn mew fete Ant pistsantew, w fh tn
rxn o den m dero eselyen , peid eslyon, ox
on t' enai t m poktena me, lgvn prw mw w e
diafeujomhn dh [n] mn o ew pithdeontew Svkr-
thw didskei pntew pantpasi diafyarsontai, e moi
prw tata epoite: "V Skratew, nn mn Ant o pei-
smeya ll' femn se, p tot mntoi, f' te mhkti
n tat t zhtsei diatrbein mhd filosofen: n d
lw ti toto prttvn, poyan" e on me, per epon,
p totoiw foite, epoim' n mn ti "Eg mw, ndrew
Ayhnaoi, spzomai mn ka fil, pesomai d mllon t
ye mn, ka vsper n mpnv ka ow te , o m
pasvmai filosofn ka mn parakeleumenw te ka
ndeiknmenow t n e ntugxnv mn, lgvn oper
evya, ti "V riste ndrn, Ayhnaow n, plevw tw
megsthw ka edokimvtthw ew sofan ka sxn, xrhmtvn
mn ok asxn pimelomenow pvw soi stai w plesta,
ka djhw ka timw, fronsevw d ka lhyeaw ka tw
cuxw pvw w beltsth stai ok pimel od front-
zeiw;" ka n tiw mn mfisbhts ka f pimelesyai,
ok eyw fsv atn od' peimi, ll' rsomai atn ka
jetsv ka lgjv, ka n moi m dok kektsyai retn,
fnai d, neidi ti t plestou jia per laxstou poi-
etai, t d faultera per pleonow. tata ka nevtr
ka presbutr t n ntugxnv poisv, ka jn ka
st, mllon d tow stow, s mou ggutrv st gnei.
tata gr keleei yew, e ste, ka g oomai odn pv
mn mezon gayn gensyai n t plei tn mn t ye
phresan. odn gr llo prttvn g perirxomai
peyvn mn ka nevtrouw ka presbutrouw mte svmtvn
pimelesyai mte xrhmtvn prteron mhd otv sfdra
w tw cuxw pvw w rsth stai, lgvn ti "Ok k
xrhmtvn ret ggnetai, ll' j retw xrmata ka t
lla gay tow nyrpoiw panta ka d& ka dhmos&."
e mn on tata lgvn diafyerv tow nouw, tat' n eh
blaber: e d tw m fhsin lla lgein tata, odn
lgei. prw tata," fahn n, " ndrew Ayhnaoi,
peyesye Ant m, ka fet me m, w mo ok
n poisantow lla, od' e mllv pollkiw teynnai."
M yorubete, ndrew Ayhnaoi, ll' mmenat moi
ow deyhn mn, m yoruben f' ow n lgv ll' koein:
ka gr, w g omai, nsesye koontew. mllv gr on
tta mn ren ka lla f' ow svw bosesye: ll
mhdamw poiete toto. e gr ste, n me poktenhte
toioton nta oon g lgv, ok m mezv blcete
mw atow: m mn gr odn n blceien ote Mlhtow
ote Anutos^od gr n dnaito^o gr oomai yemitn
enai menoni ndr p xeronow blptesyai. pokteneie
mentn svw jelseien timseien: ll tata otow
mn svw oetai ka llow tw pou megla kak, g d' ok
oomai, ll pol mllon poien otos nn poie, ndra
dkvw pixeiren pokteinnai. nn on, ndrew Ayh-
naoi, pollo dv g pr mauto pologesyai, w tiw
n ooito, ll pr mn, m ti jamrthte per tn to
yeo dsin mn mo katachfismenoi. n gr me po-
ktenhte, o =&dvw llon toioton ersete, texns^e
ka geloiteron epen proskemenon t plei p to yeo
sper pp megl mn ka genna, p megyouw d nvye-
str ka deomn geresyai p mvpw tinow, oon d
moi doke yew m t plei prosteyhknai toiotn tina,
w mw gervn ka peyvn ka neidzvn na kaston
odn paomai tn mran lhn pantaxo proskayzvn.
toiotow on llow o =&dvw mn gensetai, ndrew,
ll' n mo peyhsye, fesesy mou: mew d' svw tx'
n xymenoi, sper o nustzontew geirmenoi, krosantew
n me, peiymenoi Ant, =&dvw n poktenaite, eta tn
loipn bon kayedontew diatelote n, e m tina llon
yew mn pipmceien khdmenow mn. ti d' g tugxnv
n toiotow oow p to yeo t plei dedsyai, nynde
n katanosaite: o gr nyrvpn oike t m tn
mn mauto pntvn melhknai ka nxesyai tn okevn
meloumnvn tosata dh th, t d mteron prttein e,
d& kst prosinta sper patra delfn presb-
teron peyonta pimelesyai retw. ka e mn ti p
totvn plauon ka misyn lambnvn tata pareke-
leumhn, exon n tina lgon: nn d rte d ka ato
ti o katgoroi tlla pnta naisxntvw otv kath-
gorontew tot ge ox oo te gnonto panaisxuntsai
parasxmenoi mrtura, w g pot tina prajmhn
misyn thsa. kann gr, omai, g parxomai tn
mrtura w lhy lgv, tn penan.
Isvw n on djeien topon enai, ti d g d& mn
tata sumboulev periin ka polupragmon, dhmos& d
o tolm nabanvn ew t plyow t mteron sumbou-
leein t plei. totou d atin stin mew mo
pollkiw khkate pollaxo lgontow, ti moi yen ti ka
daimnion ggnetai [fvn], d ka n t graf pikv-
mdn Mlhtow grcato. mo d tot' stin k paidw
rjmenon, fvn tiw gignomnh, tan gnhtai, e po-
trpei me toto n mllv prttein, protrpei d opote.
tot' stin moi nantiotai t politik prttein, ka
pagklvw g moi doke nantiosyai: e gr ste, ndrew
Ayhnaoi, e g plai pexerhsa prttein t politik
prgmata, plai n pollh ka ot' n mw felkh
odn ot' n mautn. ka moi m xyesye lgonti tlhy:
o gr stin stiw nyrpvn svysetai ote mn ote
ll plyei oden gnhsvw nantiomenow ka diakvlvn
poll dika ka parnoma n t plei ggnesyai, ll'
nagkan sti tn t nti maxomenon pr to dikaou,
ka e mllei lgon xrnon svysesyai, divteein ll
m dhmosieein.
Megla d' gvge mn tekmria parjomai totvn, o
lgouw ll' mew timte, rga. kosate d moi t
sumbebhkta, na edte ti od' n n peikyoimi par
t dkaion desaw ynaton, m pekvn d ll kn po-
lomhn. r d mn fortik mn ka dikanik, lhy d.
g gr, ndrew Ayhnaoi, llhn mn rxn odeman
ppote rja n t plei, boleusa d: ka tuxen mn
ful Antioxw prutaneousa te mew tow dka
strathgow tow ok nelomnouw tow k tw naumaxaw
boulesasye yrouw krnein, paranmvw, w n t str
xrn psin mn dojen. tt' g mnow tn prutnevn
nantiyhn mn mhdn poien par tow nmouw ka nanta
chfismhn: ka tomvn ntvn ndeiknnai me ka pgein
tn =htrvn, ka mn keleuntvn ka bontvn, met to
nmou ka to dikaou mhn mlln me den diakinduneein
mey' mn gensyai m dkaia bouleuomnvn, fobhynta
desmn ynaton. ka tata mn n ti dhmokratoumnhw
tw plevw: peid d ligarxa gneto, o trikonta a
metapemcmeno me pmpton atn ew tn ylon prostajan
gagen k Salamnow Lonta tn Salamnion na poynoi,
oa d ka lloiw kenoi pollow poll prostatton, bou-
lmenoi w plestouw naplsai atin. tte mntoi g
o lg ll' rg a nedeijmhn ti mo yantou mn
mlei, e m groikteron n epen, od' tion, to d mhdn
dikon mhd' nsion rgzesyai, totou d t pn mlei.
m gr kenh rx ok jplhjen, otvw sxur osa,
ste dikn ti rgsasyai, ll' peid k tw ylou
jlyomen, o mn tttarew xonto ew Salamna ka gagon
Lonta, g d xmhn pin okade. ka svw n di
tata pyanon, e m rx di taxvn katelyh. ka
totvn mn sontai pollo mrturew.
Ar' on n me oesye tosde th diagensyai e pratton
t dhmsia, ka prttvn jvw ndrw gayo boyoun
tow dikaoiw ka sper xr toto per plestou poiomhn;
pollo ge de, ndrew Ayhnaoi: od gr n llow
nyrpvn odew. ll' g di pantw to bou dhmos&
te e po ti praja toiotow fanomai, ka d& atw
otow, oden ppote sugxvrsaw odn par t dkaion
ote ll ote totvn oden ow d diabllontew m
fasin mow mayhtw enai. g d didskalow mn odenw
ppot' genmhn: e d tw mou lgontow ka t mauto
prttontow piyumo koein, ete neterow ete presbterow,
oden ppote fynhsa, od xrmata mn lambnvn dial-
gomai m lambnvn d o, ll' movw ka plous ka
pnhti parxv mautn rvtn, ka n tiw bolhtai
pokrinmenow koein n n lgv. ka totvn g ete
tiw xrhstw ggnetai ete m, ok n dikavw tn atan
pxoimi, n mte pesxmhn mhden mhdn ppote myhma
mte ddaja: e d tw fhsi par' mo ppot ti mayen
kosai d& ti m ka o lloi pntew, e ste ti ok
lhy lgei.
All di t d pote met' mo xarous tinew poln
xrnon diatrbontew; khkate, ndrew Ayhnaoi, psan
mn tn lyeian g epon: ti koontew xarousin
jetazomnoiw tow oomnoiw mn enai sofow, osi d' o.
sti gr ok hdw. mo d toto, w g fhmi, prost-
taktai p to yeo prttein ka k mantevn ka j nupnvn
ka pant trp pr tw pote ka llh yea mora nyrp
ka tion prostaje prttein. tata, ndrew Ayhnaoi,
ka lhy stin ka elegkta. e gr d gvge tn nvn
tow mn diafyerv tow d difyarka, xrn dpou, ete
tinw atn presbteroi genmenoi gnvsan ti noiw osin
atow g kakn ppot ti suneboleusa, nun atow
nabanontaw mo kathgoren ka timvresyai: e d m
ato yelon, tn okevn tinw tn kenvn, patraw ka
delfow ka llouw tow proskontaw, eper p' mo ti
kakn pepnyesan atn o okeoi, nn memnsyai ka
timvresyai. pntvw d preisin atn pollo ntauyo
ow g r, prton mn Krtvn otos, mw likithw
ka dhmthw, Kritobolou tode patr, peita Lusanaw
Sfttiow, Asxnou tode patr, ti d' Antifn Khfi-
siew otos, Epignouw patr, lloi tonun otoi n o
delfo n tat t diatrib gegnasin, Nikstratow
Yeozotdou, delfw Yeodtou ka mn Yedotow tete-
lethken, ste ok n kenw ge ato katadehyeh ka
Parliow de, Dhmodkou, o n Yeghw delfw: de d
Ademantow, Arstvnow, o delfw otos Pltvn, ka
Aantdvrow, o Apolldvrow de delfw. ka llouw
pollow g xv mn epen, n tina xrn mlista mn n
t auto lg parasxsyai Mlhton mrtura: e d tte
pelyeto, nn parasxsyv g paraxvr^ka legtv
e ti xei toioton. ll totou pn tonanton ersete,
ndrew, pntaw mo bohyen tomouw t diafyeronti, t
kak rgazomn tow okeouw atn, w fasi Mlhtow ka
Anutow. ato mn gr o diefyarmnoi tx' n lgon
xoien bohyontew: o d difyartoi, presbteroi dh
ndrew, o totvn proskontew, tna llon xousi lgon
bohyontew mo ll' tn ryn te ka dkaion, ti
sunsasi Melt mn ceudomn, mo d lhyeonti;
Een d, ndrew: mn g xoim' n pologesyai,
sxedn sti tata ka lla svw toiata. txa d' n tiw
mn ganaktseien namnhsyew auto, e mn ka lttv
toutou to gnow gna gvnizmenow deyh te ka
kteuse tow dikastw met polln dakrvn, paida te
ato nabibasmenow na ti mlista lehyeh, ka llouw
tn okevn ka flvn pollow, g d odn ra totvn
poisv, ka tata kindunevn, w n djaimi, tn sxaton
kndunon. tx' n on tiw tata nnosaw ayadsteron
n prw me sxoh ka rgisyew atow totoiw yeto n met'
rgw tn cfon. e d tiw mn otvw xei^ok ji
mn gr gvge, e d' on pieik n moi dok prw toton
lgein lgvn ti "Emo, riste, esn mn po tinew ka
okeoi: ka gr toto at t to Omrou, od' g "p
druw od' p ptrhs" pfuka ll' j nyrpvn, ste
ka okeo mo esi ka ew ge, ndrew Ayhnaoi, trew, ew
mn meirkion dh, do d paida: ll' mvw odna atn
dero nabibasmenow desomai mn pochfsasyai." t
d on odn totvn poisv; ok ayadizmenow, ndrew
Ayhnaoi, od' mw timzvn, ll' e mn yarralvw g
xv prw ynaton m, llow lgow, prw d' on djan ka
mo ka mn ka l t plei o moi doke kaln enai m
totvn odn poien ka thliknde nta ka toto tonoma
xonta, et' on lhyw et' on cedow, ll' on dedogmnon
g st t Svkrth diafrein tn polln nyrpvn. e
on mn o dokontew diafrein ete sof& ete ndre&
ete ll tinion ret toiotoi sontai, asxrn n eh:
oousper g pollkiw rak tinaw tan krnvntai, do-
kontaw mn ti enai, yaumsia d rgazomnouw, w deinn
ti oomnouw pesesyai e poyanontai, sper yantvn
somnvn n mew atow m poktenhte: o mo dokosin
asxnhn t plei periptein, st' n tina ka tn jnvn
polaben ti o diafrontew Ayhnavn ew retn, ow
ato autn n te taw rxaw ka taw llaiw timaw
prokrnousin, otoi gunaikn odn diafrousin. tata gr,
ndrew Ayhnaoi, ote mw xr poien tow dokontaw
ka pon ti enai, ot', n mew poimen, mw pi-
trpein, ll toto at ndeknusyai, ti pol mllon
katachfiesye to t lein tata drmata esgontow ka
kataglaston tn plin poiontow to suxan gontow.
Xvrw d tw djhw, ndrew, od dkain moi doke
enai desyai to dikasto od demenon pofegein, ll
didskein ka peyein. o gr p tot kyhtai dika-
stw, p t kataxarzesyai t dkaia, ll' p t krnein
tata: ka mmoken o xariesyai ow n dok at, ll
diksein kat tow nmouw. okoun xr ote mw yzein
mw piorken oy' mw yzesyai: odteroi gr n mn
eseboen. m on jiot me, ndrew Ayhnaoi, toiata
den prw mw prttein mte gomai kal enai mte
dkaia mte sia, llvw te mntoi n Da pntvw ka se-
beaw fegonta p Meltou toutou. safw gr n, e
peyoimi mw ka t desyai biazomhn mvmoktaw, yeow
n didskoimi m gesyai mw enai, ka texnw polo-
gomenow kathgorohn n mauto w yeow o nomzv. ll
pollo de otvw xein: nomzv te gr, ndrew Ayhnaoi,
w odew tn mn kathgrvn, ka mn pitrpv ka t ye
krnai per mo p mllei mo te rista enai ka mn.
T mn m ganakten, ndrew Ayhnaoi, p tot
t gegonti, ti mou katechfsasye, lla t moi poll
sumblletai, ka ok nlpistn moi ggonen t gegonw
toto, ll pol mllon yaumzv katrvn tn cfvn
tn gegonta riymn. o gr mhn gvge otv par'
lgon sesyai ll par pol: nn d, w oiken, e
trikonta mnai metpeson tn cfvn, pepefegh n.
Mlhton mn on, w mo dok, ka nn popfeuga, ka
o mnon popfeuga, ll pant dlon tot ge, ti e m
nbh Anutow ka Lkvn kathgorsontew mo, kn fle
xilaw draxmw, o metalabn t pmpton mrow tn
cfvn.
Timtai d' on moi nr yantou. een: g d d
tnow mn ntitimsomai, ndrew Ayhnaoi; dlon ti
tw jaw; t on; t jiw emi payen potesai, ti
mayn n t b ox suxan gon, ll' melsaw nper
o pollo, xrhmatismo te ka okonomaw ka strathgin
ka dhmhgorin ka tn llvn rxn ka sunvmosin ka
stsevn tn n t plei gignomnvn, ghsmenow mautn
t nti pieiksteron enai ste ew tat' nta szesyai,
ntaya mn ok a o lyn mte mn mte maut mel-
lon mhdn felow enai, p d t d& kaston n eerge-
ten tn megsthn eergesan, w g fhmi, ntaya a,
pixeirn kaston mn peyein m prteron mte tn
auto mhdenw pimelesyai prn auto pimelhyeh pvw
w bltistow ka fronimtatow soito, mte tn tw p-
levw, prn atw tw plevw, tn te llvn otv kat tn
atn trpon pimelesyai^t on emi jiow payen toio-
tow n; gayn ti, ndrew Ayhnaoi, e de ge kat tn
jan t lhye& timsyai: ka tat ge gayn toioton
ti n prpoi mo. t on prpei ndr pnhti eergt
deomn gein sxoln p t metr& parakelesei; ok
sy' ti mllon, ndrew Ayhnaoi, prpei otvw w tn
toioton ndra n prutane sitesyai, pol ge mllon
e tiw mn pp sunvrdi zegei nenkhken Olumpa-
sin: mn gr mw poie edamonaw doken enai, g d
enai, ka mn trofw odn detai, g d domai. e
on de me kat t dkaion tw jaw timsyai, totou
timmai, n prutane sitsevw.
Isvw on mn ka taut lgvn paraplhsvw dok lgein
sper per to oktou ka tw ntibolsevw, pauyadiz-
menow: t d ok stin, ndrew Ayhnaoi, toioton ll
toinde mllon. ppeismai g kn enai mhdna diken
nyrpvn, ll mw toto o peyv: lgon gr xrnon
llloiw dieilgmeya. pe, w gmai, e n mn nmow,
sper ka lloiw nyrpoiw, per yantou m man mran
mnon krnein ll pollw, pesyhte n: nn d' o =dion
n xrn lg meglaw diabolw polesyai. pepeism-
now d g mhdna diken pollo dv mautn ge diksein
ka kat' mauto ren atw w jiw em tou kako ka
timsesyai toiotou tinw maut. t desaw; m pyv
toto o Mlhtw moi timtai, fhmi ok ednai ot' e
gayn ot' e kakn stin; nt totou d lvmai n e
od ti kakn ntvn totou timhsmenow; pteron desmo;
ka t me de zn n desmvthr, douleonta t e kayi-
stamn rx, tow ndeka; ll xrhmtvn ka dedsyai
vw n ktesv; ll tatn mo stin per nund legon:
o gr sti moi xrmata pyen ktesv. ll d fugw
timsvmai; svw gr n moi totou timsaite. poll
mentn me filocuxa xoi, ndrew Ayhnaoi, e otvw
lgistw emi ste m dnasyai logzesyai ti mew mn
ntew polta mou ox oo te gnesye negken tw mw
diatribw ka tow lgouw, ll' mn barterai gegnasin
ka pifyonterai, ste zhtete atn nun pallagnai:
lloi d ra atw osousi =&dvw; pollo ge de, ndrew
Ayhnaoi. kalw on n moi bow eh jelynti thlikde
nyrp llhn j llhw plevw meibomn ka jelauno-
mn zn. e gr od' ti poi n lyv, lgontow mo
krosontai o noi sper nyde: kn mn totouw p-
elanv, oto me ato jelsi peyontew tow presbutrouw:
n d m pelanv, o totvn patrew d ka okeoi di'
atow totouw.
Isvw on n tiw epoi: "Sign d ka suxan gvn,
Skratew, ox ow t' s mn jelyn zn;" tout d
sti pntvn xaleptaton pesa tinaw mn. nte gr
lgv ti t ye peiyen tot' stn ka di tot' dna-
ton suxan gein, o pesesy moi w ervneuomn: nt'
a lgv ti ka tugxnei mgiston gayn n nyrp
toto, ksthw mraw per retw tow lgouw poiesyai
ka tn llvn per n mew mo koete dialegomnou ka
mautn ka llouw jetzontow, d nejtastow bow o
bivtw nyrp, tata d' ti tton pesesy moi lgonti.
t d xei mn otvw, w g fhmi, ndrew, peyein d o
=dion. ka g ma ok eyismai mautn jion kako
odenw. e mn gr n moi xrmata, timhsmhn n xrh-
mtvn sa mellon ktesein, odn gr n blbhn: nn
d o gr stin, e m ra son n g dunamhn ktesai,
tosotou bolesy moi timsai. svw d' n dunamhn k-
tesai mn pou mnn rgurou: tosotou on timmai.
Pltvn d de, ndrew Ayhnaoi, ka Krtvn ka
Kritboulow ka Apolldvrow keleous me trikonta mnn
timsasyai, ato d' ggusyai: timmai on tosotou,
gguhta d mn sontai to rgurou otoi jixre.
O pollo g' neka xrnou, ndrew Ayhnaoi, noma
jete ka atan p tn boulomnvn tn plin loidoren
w Svkrth pektnate, ndra sofn fsousi gr d
sofn enai, e ka m emi, o boulmenoi mn neidzein
e gon periemenate lgon xrnon, p to atomtou n
mn toto gneto: rte gr d tn likan ti prrv
dh st to bou yantou d ggw. lgv d toto o
prw pntaw mw, ll prw tow mo katachfisa-
mnouw ynaton. lgv d ka tde prw tow atow
totouw. svw me oesye, ndrew Ayhnaoi, por& lgvn
alvknai toiotvn ow n mw peisa, e mhn den
panta poien ka lgein ste pofugen tn dkhn.
pollo ge de. ll' por& mn lvka, o mntoi lgvn,
ll tlmhw ka naisxuntaw ka to m ylein lgein
prw mw toiata o' n mn mn dista n koein^
yrhnontw t mou ka duromnou ka lla poiontow ka
lgontow poll ka njia mo, w g fhmi, oa d ka
eyisye mew tn llvn koein. ll' ote tte Ӯyhn
den neka to kindnou prjai odn neleyeron, ote nn
moi metamlei otvw pologhsamn, ll pol mllon
aromai de pologhsmenow teynnai kenvw zn. ote
gr n dk ot' n polm ot' m ot' llon odna de
toto mhxansyai, pvw pofejetai pn poin ynaton.
ka gr n taw mxaiw pollkiw dlon ggnetai ti t ge
poyanen n tiw kfgoi ka pla few ka f' ketean
trapmenow tn divkntvn: ka llai mhxana polla esin
n kstoiw tow kindnoiw ste diafegein ynaton, n tiw
tolm pn poien ka lgein. ll m o tot' xalepn,
ndrew, ynaton kfugen, ll pol xalepteron ponh-
ran: ytton gr yantou ye. ka nn g mn te bradw
n ka presbthw p to bradutrou lvn, o d' mo
katgoroi te deino ka jew ntew p to yttonow, tw
kakaw. ka nn g mn peimi f' mn yantou dkhn
fln, otoi d' p tw lhyeaw flhktew moxyhran
ka dikan. ka g te t timmati mmnv ka otoi.
tata mn pou svw otvw ka dei sxen, ka omai at
metrvw xein.
T d d met toto piyum mn xrhsmdsai, kata-
chfismeno mou: ka gr emi dh ntaya n mlista
nyrvpoi xrhsmdosin, tan mllvsin poyanesyai. fhm
gr, ndrew o m pektnate, timvran mn jein eyw
met tn mn ynaton pol xalepvtran n Da oan
m pektnate: nn gr toto ergasye omenoi mn pal-
ljesyai to didnai legxon to bou, t d mn pol
nanton pobsetai, w g fhmi. pleouw sontai mw
o lgxontew, ow nn g katexon, mew d ok sy-
nesye: ka xalepteroi sontai s netero esin, ka
mew mllon ganaktsete. e gr oesye poktenontew
nyrpouw pisxsein to neidzein tin mn ti ok
ryw zte, o kalw dianoesye: o gr sy' ath pal-
lag ote pnu dunat ote kal, ll' kenh ka kallsth
ka =sth, m tow llouw koloein ll' autn paraskeu-
zein pvw stai w bltistow. tata mn on mn tow
katachfisamnoiw manteusmenow pallttomai.
Tow d pochfisamnoiw dvw n dialexyehn pr to
gegontow toutou prgmatow, n o rxontew sxolan
gousi ka opv rxomai o lynta me de teynnai. ll
moi, ndrew, paramenate tosoton xrnon: odn gr
kvlei diamuyologsai prw lllouw vw jestin. mn
gr w floiw osin pidejai ylv t nun moi sumbebh-
kw t pote noe. mo gr, ndrew dikasta^mw gr
dikastw kaln ryw n kalohn^yaumsin ti ggonen.
gr evyu moi mantik to daimonou n mn t
prsyen xrn pant pnu pukn e n ka pnu p
smikrow nantioumnh, e ti mlloimi m ryw prjein.
nun d sumbbhk moi per rte ka ato, taut ge d
ohyeh n tiw ka nomzetai sxata kakn enai: mo d
ote jinti vyen okoyen nantiyh t to yeo shmeon,
ote nka nbainon ntauyo p t dikastrion, ote n
t lg odamo mllont ti ren. katoi n lloiw lgoiw
pollaxo d me psxe lgonta metaj: nn d odamo
per tathn tn prjin ot' n rg oden ot' n lg
nantvta moi. t on ation enai polambnv; g
mn r: kinduneei gr moi t sumbebhkw toto gayn
gegonnai, ka ok sy' pvw mew ryw polambnomen,
soi omeya kakn enai t teynnai. mga moi tekmrion
totou ggonen: o gr sy' pvw ok nantiyh n moi t
evyw shmeon, e m ti mellon g gayn prjein.
Ennosvmen d ka tde w poll lpw stin gayn
at enai. duon gr ytern stin t teynnai: gr
oon mhdn enai mhd asyhsin mhdeman mhdenw xein tn
teyneta, kat t legmena metabol tiw tugxnei
osa ka metokhsiw t cux to tpou to nynde ew
llon tpon. ka ete d mhdema asyhsw stin ll'
oon pnow peidn tiw kayedvn mhd' nar mhdn r, yau-
msion krdow n eh ynatos^g gr n omai, e tina
klejmenon doi tathn tn nkta n otv katdaryen
ste mhd nar den, ka tw llaw nktaw te ka mraw
tw to bou to auto ntiparaynta tat t nukt doi
skecmenon epen psaw meinon ka dion mraw ka
nktaw tathw tw nuktw bebvken n t auto b, omai
n m ti dithn tin, ll tn mgan basila eariym-
touw n eren atn tataw prw tw llaw mraw ka
nktas^e on toioton ynatw stin, krdow gvge
lgv: ka gr odn plevn pw xrnow fanetai otv
d enai ma nj. e d' a oon podhmsa stin
ynatow nynde ew llon tpon, ka lhy stin t
legmena, w ra ke esi pntew o teynetew, t mezon
gayn totou eh n, ndrew dikasta; e gr tiw
fikmenow ew Aidou, pallagew toutvn tn faskntvn
dikastn enai, ersei tow w lhyw dikastw, oper
ka lgontai ke dikzein, Mnvw te ka Radmanyuw ka
Aakw ka Triptlemow ka lloi soi tn miyvn dkaioi
gnonto n t autn b, ra falh n eh podhma;
a Orfe suggensyai ka Mousa ka Hsid ka
Omr p ps n tiw djait' n mn; g mn gr
pollkiw ylv teynnai e tat' stin lhy. pe
moige ka at yaumast n eh diatrib atyi, pte
ntxoimi Palamdei ka Aanti t Telamnow ka e tiw
llow tn palain di krsin dikon tynhken, ntipara-
bllonti t mauto pyh prw t kenvn^w g omai,
ok n hdw eh^ka d t mgiston, tow ke jetzonta
ka reunnta sper tow ntaya digein, tw atn sofw
stin ka tw oetai mn, stin d' o. p ps d' n tiw,
ndrew dikasta, djaito jetsai tn p Troan gagnta
tn polln stratin Odussa Ssufon llouw
murouw n tiw epoi ka ndraw ka gunakaw, ow ke
dialgesyai ka sunenai ka jetzein mxanon n eh
edaimonaw; pntvw o dpou totou ge neka o ke
poktenousi: t te gr lla edaimonstero esin o ke
tn nyde, ka dh tn loipn xrnon ynato esin, eper
ge t legmena lhy.
All ka mw xr, ndrew dikasta, elpidaw enai
prw tn ynaton, ka n ti toto dianoesyai lhyw, ti
ok stin ndr gay kakn odn ote znti ote teleu-
tsanti, od meletai p yen t totou prgmata:
od t m nn p to atomtou ggonen, ll moi
dln sti toto, ti dh teynnai ka phllxyai pra-
gmtvn bltion n moi. di toto ka m odamo ptrecen
t shmeon, ka gvge tow katachfisamnoiw mou ka tow
kathgroiw o pnu xalepanv. katoi o tat t diano&
katechfzont mou ka kathgroun, ll' omenoi blptein:
toto atow jion mmfesyai. tosnde mntoi atn
domai: tow ew mou, peidn bsvsi, timvrsasye,
ndrew, tat tata lupontew per g mw lpoun, n
mn doksin xrhmtvn llou tou prteron pi-
melesyai retw, ka n doks ti enai mhdn ntew,
neidzete atow sper g mn, ti ok pimelontai n
de, ka oonta ti enai ntew odenw jioi. ka n
tata poite, dkaia peponyw g somai f' mn atw
te ka o ew. ll gr dh ra pinai, mo mn
poyanoumn, mn d bivsomnoiw: pteroi d mn
rxontai p meinon prgma, dhlon pant pln
t ye.
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