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    Meletus

    historical figure · 9 works · 12 mentions · 21 anchored passages

    Meletus’

    in the texts

    On the MysteriesClassical · Greek

    A person named in the Mysteries information and Hermae denunciation, later visiting Andocides with Euphiletus.

    and the next day I received a visit from Meletus and Euphiletus.
    on the mysteries
    Alcibiades, Niciades and Meletus —those were the actual celebrants;
    on the mysteries
    Alcibiades, Niciades, Meletus, Archebiades, Archippus, Diogenes, Polystratus, Aristomenes, Oeonias, Panaetius.
    on the mysteries

    ApologyClassical · Greek

    The formal accuser who brought the indictment against Socrates, angered on behalf of the poets.

    and do you, Meletus, answer;
    apology
    for neither Meletus nor Anytus could injure me;
    apology
    I don’t believe this, Meletus, nor do I think anyone else in the world does!
    apology

    MemorabiliaClassical · Greek

    Historical accuser associated with Socrates' trial.

    Again, when he was tried on the charge brought by Meletus, whereas it is the custom of defendants to curry favour with the jury and to indulge in flattery and illegal appeals, and many by such means have been known to gain a verdict of acquittal, he rejected utterly the familiar chicanery of the courts;
    chapter 4
    When Meletus had actually formulated his indictment, he said, Socrates talked freely in my presence, but made no reference to the case.
    chapter 4

    StromataLate Antiquity · Greek

    Named alongside Anytus as one who might kill Socrates but not harm him.

    "For Anytus and Meletus might indeed kill me, but harm me they could in no way;
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    OrationsImperial · Greek

    Accuser of Socrates at his trial.

    And his accuser was Meletus, a loathsome man and a false accuser.
    oration 43

    EuthyphroClassical · Greek

    A young Athenian who has brought an indictment against Socrates for corrupting the youth and introducing new gods.

    Socrates.
    euthyphro
    And so Meletus, perhaps, is first clearing away us who corrupt the young plants, as he says;
    euthyphro
    For it seems to me that he begins by injuring the State at its very heart, when he undertakes to harm you.
    euthyphro

    TheaetetusClassical · Greek

    Socrates' legal accuser, whose indictment Socrates must go answer at the Porch of the King immediately after this conversation, foreshadowing Socrates' trial.

    And now I must go to the Porch of the King, to answer to the suit which Meletus has brought against me.
    theaetetus

    ApologyClassical · Greek

    One of Socrates' accusers, challenged by Socrates over charges of impiety and corrupting the young.

    said Meletus:
    apology
    Meletus had said;
    apology
    But in spite of all, Meletus, do you maintain that I corrupt the young by such practices?
    apology

    HellenicaClassical · Greek

    One of two private envoys sent from the city party to Lacedaemon during the negotiations for reconciliation.

    For this reason they eagerly sent to Lacedaemon both the envoys from Piraeus, having the proposals for peace with the Lacedaemonians, and the envoys from the city party as private individuals, namely, Cephisophon and Meletus.
    chapter 2