The Charge
against
Socrates


Apology 24b7-c2:

[² ŽntvmosÛa] ¦xei d¡ pvw Ïde: Svkr‹th fhsÜn ŽdikeÝn toæw te n¡ouw diafyeÛronta kaÜ yeoçw oîw ² pñliw nomÛzei oé nomÛzonta, §tera d¢ daimñnia kain‹.


Diogenes Laertius ii.40 (citing Phavorinus/time of Hadrian) says the ŽntvmosÛa was:

T‹de ¤gr‹cato kaÜ Žntvmñsato M¡lhtow Mel®tou Pityeçw Svkr‹tei SvfronÛskou ƒAlvpek°yen: ŽdikeÝ Svkr‹thw oîw m¢n ² pñliw nomÛzei yeoçw oé nomÛzvn, §tera d¢ kainŒ daimñnia eÞshgoæmenow. ŽdikeÝ d¢ kaÜ toçw n¡ouw diafyeÛrvn. tÛmhma y‹natow.


Xenophon, Memorabilia I.i.1:

² m¢n gŒr grag¯ katƒ aétoè toi‹de tiw ·n. ŽdikeÝ Svkr‹thw oîw m¢n ± pñliw nomÛzei yeoçw oé nomÛzvn, §tera d¢ kainŒ daimñnia eÞsf¡rvn. ŽdikeÝ d¢ kaÜ toçw n¡ouw diafyeÛrvn.

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