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Cicero
Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 27
Passage 27 of 334
Canonical reference 27
Latin
perseus-cicero-brutus-lat
tamen ante Periclem, cuius scripta quae dam feruntur, et Thucydidem, qui non nascentibus Athenis sed iam adultis fuerunt , littera nulla est quae quidem ornatum aliquem habeat et oratoris esse videatur. Quamquam opinio est et eum, qui multis annis ante hos fuerit, Pisistratum et paulo seniorem etiam Solonem posteaque Clisthenem multum ut temporibus illis valuisse dicendo.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
"Yet before Pericles, some writings of whose are in circulation, and Thucydides, who lived not when Athens was being born but when it was already mature, there is no piece of writing that possesses any ornament or seems to be the work of an orator. There is, however, a belief that Pisistratus, who lived many years before them, the somewhat older Solon, and afterward Cleisthenes possessed great power in speaking by the standards of their times."
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
«Cependant, avant Périclès, dont certains écrits circulent, et Thucydide, qui vécurent non dans l'enfance d'Athènes, mais à son âge adulte, il n'existe aucun texte qui possède quelque ornement et paraisse être l'œuvre d'un orateur. On estime pourtant que Pisistrate, qui les précéda de nombreuses années, Solon, un peu plus âgé encore, puis Clisthène, eurent, pour leur époque, une grande puissance oratoire.»
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