# Ἀπομνημονεύματα 2.12-2

Xenophon, Ἀπομνημονεύματα, Ἀπομνημονευμάτων Δ, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/xenophon/text-11/2.12-2

τί οὖν; ἔφη, σὺ δὴ τοῦτο κατείργασαι; οἶμαί γʼ, ἔφη, ὦ Σώκρατες, οὐδενὸς ἂν ἧττον φανῆναι δίκαιος. ἆρʼ οὖν, ἔφη, τῶν δικαίων ἐστὶν ἔργα ὥσπερ τῶν τεκτόνων; ἔστι μέντοι, ἔφη. ἆρʼ οὖν, ἔφη, ὥσπερ οἱ τέκτονες ἔχουσι τὰ ἑαυτῶν ἔργα ἐπιδεῖξαι, οὕτως οἱ δίκαιοι τὰ αὑτῶν ἔχοιεν ἂν ἐξηγήσασθαι; μὴ οὖν, ἔφη ὁ Εὐθύδημος, οὐ δύναμαι ἐγὼ τὰ τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἔργα ἐξηγήσασθαι; καὶ νὴ Δίʼ ἔγωγε τὰ τῆς ἀδικίας· ἐπεὶ οὐκ ὀλίγα ἔστι καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν τοιαῦτα ὁρᾶν τε καὶ ἀκούειν.

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Xenophon, Ἀπομνημονεύματα, ed. Edgar Carew Marchant. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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