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εἰ γάρ τις
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41a
ἀφικόμενος εἰς Ἅιδου, ἀπαλλαγεὶς τουτωνὶ τῶν φασκόντων δικαστῶν εἶναι, εὑρήσει τοὺς ὡς ἀληθῶς δικαστάς, οἵπερ καὶ λέγονται ἐκεῖ δικάζειν, Μίνως τε καὶ Ῥαδάμανθυς καὶ Αἰακὸς καὶ Τριπτόλεμος καὶ ἄλλοι ὅσοι τῶν ἡμιθέων δίκαιοι ἐγένοντο ἐν τῷ ἑαυτῶν βίῳ, ἆρα φαύλη ἂν εἴη ἡ ἀποδημία; ἢ αὖ Ὀρφεῖ συγγενέσθαι καὶ Μουσαίῳ καὶ Ἡσιόδῳ καὶ Ὁμήρῳ ἐπὶ πόσῳ ἄν τις δέξαιτʼ ἂν ὑμῶν; ἐγὼ μὲν γὰρ πολλάκις ἐθέλω τεθνάναι εἰ ταῦτʼ ἔστιν ἀληθῆ. ἐπεὶ 41b
ἔμοιγε καὶ αὐτῷ θαυμαστὴ ἂν εἴη ἡ διατριβὴ αὐτόθι, ὁπότε ἐντύχοιμι Παλαμήδει καὶ Αἴαντι τῷ Τελαμῶνος καὶ εἴ τις ἄλλος τῶν παλαιῶν διὰ κρίσιν ἄδικον τέθνηκεν, ἀντιπαραβάλλοντι τὰ ἐμαυτοῦ πάθη πρὸς τὰ ἐκείνων—ὡς ἐγὼ οἶμαι, οὐκ ἂν ἀηδὲς εἴη—καὶ δὴ τὸ μέγιστον, τοὺς ἐκεῖ ἐξετάζοντα καὶ ἐρευνῶντα ὥσπερ τοὺς ἐνταῦθα διάγειν, τίς αὐτῶν σοφός ἐστιν καὶ τίς οἴεται μέν, ἔστιν δʼ οὔ. ἐπὶ πόσῳ δʼ ἄν τις, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, δέξαιτο ἐξετάσαι τὸν ἐπὶ Τροίαν ἀγαγόντα 41c
τὴν πολλὴν στρατιὰν ἢ Ὀδυσσέα ἢ Σίσυφον ἢ ἄλλους μυρίους ἄν τις εἴποι καὶ ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας, οἷς ἐκεῖ διαλέγεσθαι καὶ συνεῖναι καὶ ἐξετάζειν ἀμήχανον ἂν εἴη εὐδαιμονίας; πάντως οὐ δήπου τούτου γε ἕνεκα οἱ ἐκεῖ ἀποκτείνουσι· τά τε γὰρ ἄλλα εὐδαιμονέστεροί εἰσιν οἱ ἐκεῖ τῶν ἐνθάδε, καὶ ἤδη τὸν λοιπὸν χρόνον ἀθάνατοί εἰσιν, εἴπερ γε τὰ λεγόμενα ἀληθῆ. ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑμᾶς χρή, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, εὐέλπιδας εἶναι πρὸς τὸν θάνατον, καὶ ἕν τι τοῦτο διανοεῖσθαι ἀληθές, ὅτι 41d
οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνδρὶ ἀγαθῷ κακὸν οὐδὲν οὔτε ζῶντι οὔτε τελευτήσαντι, οὐδὲ ἀμελεῖται ὑπὸ θεῶν τὰ τούτου πράγματα· οὐδὲ τὰ ἐμὰ νῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτομάτου γέγονεν, ἀλλά μοι δῆλόν ἐστι τοῦτο, ὅτι ἤδη τεθνάναι καὶ ἀπηλλάχθαι πραγμάτων βέλτιον ἦν μοι. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἐμὲ οὐδαμοῦ ἀπέτρεψεν τὸ σημεῖον, καὶ ἔγωγε τοῖς καταψηφισαμένοις μου καὶ τοῖς κατηγόροις οὐ πάνυ χαλεπαίνω. καίτοι οὐ ταύτῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ κατεψηφίζοντό μου καὶ κατηγόρουν, ἀλλʼ οἰόμενοι βλάπτειν· 41e
τοῦτο αὐτοῖς ἄξιον μέμφεσθαι. τοσόνδε μέντοι αὐτῶν δέομαι· τοὺς ὑεῖς μου, ἐπειδὰν ἡβήσωσι, τιμωρήσασθε, ὦ ἄνδρες, ταὐτὰ ταῦτα λυποῦντες ἅπερ ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐλύπουν, ἐὰν ὑμῖν δοκῶσιν ἢ χρημάτων ἢ ἄλλου του πρότερον ἐπιμελεῖσθαι ἢ ἀρετῆς, καὶ ἐὰν δοκῶσί τι εἶναι μηδὲν ὄντες, ὀνειδίζετε αὐτοῖς ὥσπερ ἐγὼ ὑμῖν, ὅτι οὐκ ἐπιμελοῦνται ὧν δεῖ, καὶ οἴονταί τι εἶναι ὄντες οὐδενὸς ἄξιοι.
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w |
1606 |
| ταὐτὰ |
1 |
w |
1612 |
| ταῦτα |
1 |
w |
1617 |
| λυποῦντες |
1 |
w |
1626 |
| ἅπερ |
1 |
w |
1630 |
| ἐγὼ |
3 |
w |
1633 |
| ὑμᾶς |
2 |
w |
1637 |
| ἐλύπουν |
1 |
w |
1644 |
| ἐὰν |
1 |
w |
1648 |
| ὑμῖν |
1 |
w |
1652 |
| δοκῶσιν |
1 |
w |
1659 |
| ἢ |
5 |
w |
1660 |
| χρημάτων |
1 |
w |
1668 |
| ἢ |
6 |
w |
1669 |
| ἄλλου |
2 |
w |
1674 |
| του |
5 |
w |
1677 |
| πρότερον |
1 |
w |
1685 |
| ἐπιμελεῖσθαι |
1 |
w |
1697 |
| ἢ |
7 |
w |
1698 |
| ἀρετῆς |
1 |
w |
1704 |
| καὶ |
27 |
w |
1708 |
| ἐὰν |
2 |
w |
1711 |
| δοκῶσί |
1 |
w |
1717 |
| τι |
22 |
w |
1719 |
| εἶναι |
3 |
w |
1724 |
| μηδὲν |
1 |
w |
1729 |
| ὄντες |
1 |
w |
1734 |
| ὀνειδίζετε |
1 |
w |
1745 |
| αὐτοῖς |
2 |
w |
1751 |
| ὥσπερ |
2 |
w |
1756 |
| ἐγὼ |
4 |
w |
1759 |
| ὑμῖν |
2 |
w |
1763 |
| ὅτι |
3 |
w |
1767 |
| οὐκ |
3 |
w |
1770 |
| ἐπιμελοῦνται |
1 |
w |
1782 |
| ὧν |
1 |
w |
1784 |
| δεῖ |
1 |
w |
1787 |
| καὶ |
28 |
w |
1791 |
| οἴονταί |
1 |
w |
1798 |
| τι |
24 |
w |
1800 |
| εἶναι |
4 |
w |
1805 |
| ὄντες |
2 |
w |
1810 |
| οὐδενὸς |
1 |
w |
1817 |
| ἄξιοι |
1 |
w |
1822 |