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The death of Socrates.

This is an abridged version of Plato's Phaedo, where Krito is speaking to Socrates. I have typed it using the Symbol font, which is easy for computers to read but which does not show accents, breathings or iota subscripts.

This passage has been recorded by a girl who entered the 2003 Gloucestershire Classical Association Latin and Greek Reading Competition after learning Greek for just a few months.

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kai ama proV hmaV
all age dh, w Kritwn, enegkatw tiV to farmakon, ei tetriptai. ei de mh, triyatw o anqrwpoV
kai o Kritwn,
all oimai efh, egwge, w SwkrathV, eti hlion einai epi toiV oresi kai oupw dedukenai. kai egw oida allouV panu oye pinontaV, epeidan paraggelqh autoiV, deipnhsantaV kai suggenomenouV toiV filoiV. mhden oun epeigou. eti gar egcwrei.
kai o SwkrathV,
eikotwV ge, efh, w Kritwn, ekeinoi te tauta poiousin, oiontai gar derdanein tauta poihsanteV, kai egwge tauta eikotwV ou poihsw. ouden gar oimai kerdanein, oligon usteron piwn.

kai o Kritwn akousaV eneuse tw paidi plhsion estwti, kai o paiV exelqwn hken agwn ton mellonta didonai to farmakon, en kuliki feronta tetrimmenon. idwn de o SwkrathV ton anqrwpon,
w beltiste, efh, ti crh poiein; su gar toutwn episthmwn ei.
ouden allo, efh, h pionta periienai, ewV an soi baroV en toiV skelesi genhtai, epeita katakeisqai.
kai ama wreze thn kulika. kai labwn o SwkrathV,
ti legeiV: efh, exestin apospendein, h ou:
tosouton, efh, w SwkrathV, tribomen, oson oiomeqa metrion einai piein.

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