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or this he somehow being ironical in his use
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of the religious tone or the religious register?
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He is, after all, on trial for his life,
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for the charge of impiety.
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Would it not seem that
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in order to rebut the charge of impiety
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that he would use or adopt a kind of
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religious language that would
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resonate with the jury and rebut the accusation,
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Perhaps even suggesting
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that he is the truly religious and pious one
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And not the ones like Anytus and Meletus