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So do not deprive yourselves of what you can reasonably expect from me, and do not deprive me of what I can reasonably expect from you. And now I will ask men who have given public proof of their outstanding worth to take my place here and give you their opinion of me. Come, Anytus1 and Cephalus2: come, Thrasyllus and you others of my tribe who have been chosen to support me.
1 Very influential at this time. He had taken a leading part with Thrasybulus in overthrowing the Thirty and restoring the democracy in 403. He was one of the accusers of Socrates in 399.
2 A democrat who came into prominence after 403. He is referred to by Demosthenes (Dem. 18.219) and Aeschines (Aeschin. 3.194) in complimentary terms.
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