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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
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who are bringing charges against him?
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Socrates seems, or could be seen,
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to be speaking not just ironically
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but provocatively in describing himself
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as a gift of the god.