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At the beginning of this dialogue, the speaker asks listeners to not be surprised if they talk like they do in the marketplace, (10[1])comparing it to a stranger speaking in their own dialect. In this dialogue, the speaker describes asking an avid customer of sophists if there was a teacher that could make a man’s sons excel. Near the end of this dialogue, (-5[1])Socrates muses that he should be paid thirty minae (10[1])from trustworthy guarantors. In the sole application (10[1])of elenchus in this dialogue, Socrates invokes horsebreeders improving horses after Meletus claims that all other Athenians improve the young. The Phaedo and Crito are set after the events of (10[1])this dialogue, (10[1])in which Socrates argues against the claims that he has been promoting impiety (10[2])and corrupting the youth. (10[1])For 10 points, name this dialogue in which Socrates defends himself on trial. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Apology of Socrates [or Apologia]
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