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Gxenof?ntos@ ?pomnymoneumátwn Biblía D'@. Xenophon's Memorabilia of Sokrates, Tr., With Notes and Prolegomena, by G.b. Wheeler
Gxenofntos pomnymoneumtwn Bibla D' Xenophon's Memorabilia of Sokrates Tr With Notes and Prolegomena by Gb Wheeler Author:Xenophon General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1847 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: XENOPHON. THE MEMORABILIA OF SOKRATES. FROM THE TEXT OF RAPHAEL KITHNER. BOOK I. CHAPTER I. Introduction. -- Sokrates was condemned to death, two charges being laid against him; a. -- that he did not worship the gods of his country, but introduced strange divinities, ft. -- that he corrupted the youth (§1.) The first charge Xenophon answers by the following arguments: -- 1. Sokrates publicly made oiferings to the gods of his country as other Athenians did (§ 2.) 2. He consulted divination. He alleged indeed that the To Saipoviov portended the future to him, but in this he did not differ from other Athenians, who observed sacriiices, auguries, and similar rites, not because they thought these rites,« less