Note 789 — Chapter LXVIII · SOKRATES. (continued 2)

Cicero (de Orat. i, 54, 231): “Socrates ita in judicio capitis pro se ipse dixit, ut non supplex aut reus, sed magister aut dominus videretur esse judicum.” So Epiktêtus also remarked, in reference to the defence of Sokratês: “By all means, abstain from supplication for mercy; but do not put it specially forward, that you will abstain, unless you intend, like Sokratês, purposely to provoke the judges.” (Arrian, Epiktêt. Diss. ii, 2, 18.)