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εἰ μὲν τοίνυν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, σώφρονα καὶ μέτριον πρὸς τἄλλα παρεσχηκὼς αὑτὸν Μειδίας καὶ μηδένα τῶν ἄλλων πολιτῶν ἠδικηκὼς εἰς ἔμ᾽ ἀσελγὴς μόνον οὕτω καὶ βίαιος ἐγεγόνει, πρῶτον μὲν ἔγωγ᾽ ἀτύχημ᾽ ἂν ἐμαυτοῦ τοῦθ᾽ ἡγούμην, ἔπειτ᾽ ἐφοβούμην ἂν μὴ τὸν ἄλλον ἑαυτοῦ βίον οὗτος μέτριον δεικνύων καὶ φιλάνθρωπον διακρούσηται τούτῳ τὸ δίκην ὧν ἔμ᾽ ὕβρικεν δοῦναι.
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