Plato, Apology, section 34b

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[34b] Now those who are themselves corrupted might have some motive in aiding me; but what reason could their relatives have, who are not corrupted and are already older men, unless it be the right and true reason, that they know that Meletus is lying and I am speaking the truth?

Well, gentlemen, this, and perhaps more like this, is about all I have to say in my defence. Perhaps some one among you may be offended

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 1 translated by Harold North Fowler; Introduction by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1966.

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Commentary references to this page (1):
- R. G. Bury, The Symposium of Plato, 193E
Cross-references to this page (4):
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, THE CASES
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, THE PARTICIPLE
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, PARTICLES
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Forms of the subject.
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- LSJ, ἀδιά-φθαρτος
- LSJ, λόγος
- LSJ, προσήκω