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    The Apology
    The Apology
    The Apology
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    The Apology

    By Henry Graham Dakyns and Xenophon

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    Release dateJan 1, 2004
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      The Apology - Henry Graham Dakyns

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Apology, by Xenophon

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      Title: The Apology

      Author: Xenophon

      Translator: H. G. Dakyns

      Release Date: August 13, 2008 [EBook #1171]

      Last Updated: January 15, 2013

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE APOLOGY ***

      Produced by John Bickers, and David Widger

      THE APOLOGY

      By Xenophon

      Translation by H. G. Dakyns

                       Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a

                       pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans,

                       and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land

                       and property in Scillus, where he lived for many

                       years before having to move once more, to settle

                       in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C.

                       The Apology describes Socrates' state of mind at

                       his trial and execution, and especially his view

                       that it was better to die before senility set in

                       than to escape execution by humbling himself be-

                       fore an unjust persecution. Xenophon was away at

                       the time, involved in the events of the march of

                       the ten thousand.

      PREPARER'S NOTE

      This was typed from Dakyns' series, The Works of Xenophon, a four-volume set. The complete list of Xenophon's works (though there is doubt about some of these) is:

           Work                                   Number of books

           The Anabasis                                         7

           The Hellenica                                        7

           The Cyropaedia                                       8

           The Memorabilia                                      4

           The Symposium                                        1

           The Economist                                        1

           On Horsemanship                                      1

           The Sportsman                                        1

           The Cavalry General                                  1

           The Apology                                          1

           On Revenues                                          1

           The Hiero                                            1

           The Agesilaus                                        1

           The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians   2

      Text in brackets {} is my transliteration of Greek text into English using an Oxford English Dictionary alphabet table. The diacritical marks have been lost.

      Footnotes

      THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES 1

      Among the reminiscences of Socrates, none, as it seems to me, is more deserving of record than the counsel he took with himself 2 (after being cited to appear before the court), not only with regard to his defence, but also as to the ending of

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