The Apology

The Apologyby PlatoI do not know, men of Athens, how myaccusers affected you; as for me, I was almostcarried away in spite of myself, so persuasivelydid they speak. And yet, hardly anything ofwhat they said is true. Of the many lies theytold, one in particular surprised me, namelythat you should be careful not to be deceivedby an accomplished speaker like me. That theywere not ashamed to be immediately provedwrong by the facts, when I show myself not tobe an accomplished speaker at all, that Ithought was most shameless on theirpart unless indeed they call an accomplishedspeaker the man who speaks the truth. If theymean that, I would agree that I am an orator,but not after their manner, for indeed, as I say, practically nothing they said was true. From me youwill hear the whole truth, though not, by Zeus, gentlemen, expressed in embroidered and stylizedphrases like theirs, but things spoken at random and expressed in the first words that come to mind,for I put my trust in the justice of what I say, and let none of you expect anything else.

else put together, Callias, the son of Hipponicus. So I asked him—he has two sons—"Callias," I sa id , "i f you r so ns wer e co lt s or cal ves , we co ul d fi nd an d en gag e a su pe rv is or for th em who wou ld make them excel in their prope r qualities, some horse breede r or farmer. Now since they are men,

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