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And so the man proposes the penalty of death. Well, then, what shall I propose as an alternative? Clearly that which I deserve, shall I not? And what do I deserve to suffer or to pay, because in my life I did not keep quiet, but neglecting what most men care for—money-making and property, and military offices, and public speaking, and the various offices and plots and parties that come up in the state—and thinking that I was really too honorable

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 (5):
- Josiah Renick Smith, Xenophon: Memorabilia, 2.9
- J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER XXXVI
- James Adam, The Republic of Plato, 1.337D
- James Adam, The Republic of Plato, 2.365D
- James Adam, The Republic of Plato, 7.532B
Cross-references to this page (4):
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, THE CASES
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, VERBAL NOUNS
- Herbert Weir Smyth, A Greek Grammar for Colleges, SOME GRAMMATICAL AND RHETORICAL FIGURES
- William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, Chapter VI
Cross-references in notes to this page (1):
- Thomas R. Martin, An Overview of Classical Greek History from Mycenae to Alexander, The Aftermath of the Peloponnesian War
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (15):
- LSJ, δημηγορ-ία
- LSJ, ἀξία
- LSJ, ἀντιτι_μ-άω
- LSJ, ἀποτίνω
- LSJ, μανθάνω
- LSJ, μεταλαμβάνω
- LSJ, οἰκονομ-ία
- LSJ, πάσχω
- LSJ, πέμπτος
- LSJ, στρα^τηγ-ία
- LSJ, συνωμ-οσία
- LSJ, τι_μάω
- LSJ, χίλιοι
- LSJ, χρημα^τ-ισμός
- LSJ, ψῆφος

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