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[50ξ] ἢ ἐροῦμεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὅτι ‘ἠδίκει γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἡ πόλις καὶ οὐκ ὀρθῶς τὴν δίκην ἔκρινεν;’ ταῦτα ἢ τί ἐροῦμεν;

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ταῦτα νὴ Δία, ὦ Σώκρατες.

Σωκράτης
τί οὖν ἂν εἴπωσιν οἱ νόμοι: ‘ὦ Σώκρατες, ἦ καὶ ταῦτα ὡμολόγητο ἡμῖν τε καὶ σοί, ἢ ἐμμενεῖν ταῖς δίκαις αἷς ἂν ἡ πόλις δικάζῃ;’ εἰ οὖν αὐτῶν θαυμάζοιμεν λεγόντων, ἴσως ἂν εἴποιεν ὅτι ‘ὦ Σώκρατες, μὴ θαύμαζε τὰ λεγόμενα ἀλλ᾽ ἀποκρίνου, ἐπειδὴ καὶ εἴωθας χρῆσθαι τῷ ἐρωτᾶν τε καὶ ἀποκρίνεσθαι. φέρε γάρ, τί ἐγκαλῶν ’


Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.

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