I am not grieved, men of Athens, at this
vote of condemnation you have cast
against me, and that for many reasons,
among them the fact that your decision
was not a surprise to me. I am much
more surprised by the number of votes
for and against it; for I did not expect
so small a majority, but a large one.
Now, it seems, if only thirty votes had
been cast the other way, I should have
been acquitted. And so, I think, so far
as Meletus is concerned, I have even
now been acquitted, and not merely
acquitted, but anyone can see that, if
Anytus and Lycon had not come
forward to accuse me, he would have
been fined a thousand drachmas for
not receiving a fifth part of the votes. | Student name:
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