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Cicero

Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 286

Passage 286 of 334

Canonical reference 286

Latin

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et quidem duo fuerunt per idem tempus dissimiles inter se, sed Attici tamen; quorum Charisius multarum orationum, quas scribebat aliis, cum cupere videretur imitari Lysiam; Demochares autem, qui fuit Demostheni sororis filius, et orationes scripsit aliquot et earum rerum historiam quae erant Athenis ipsius aetate gestae non tam historico quam oratorio genere perscripsit. Atque Charisi vult Hegesias esse similis, isque se ita putat Atticum, ut veros illos prae se paene agrestis putet.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

Indeed, at the same period there were two men unlike each other, yet both Attic. One was Charisius, who, in the many speeches he wrote for others, appeared eager to imitate Lysias. The other was Demochares, Demosthenes’ sister’s son, who wrote several speeches and composed a history of events that occurred at Athens in his own time, in a style more oratorical than historical. Hegesias wishes to resemble Charisius, and considers himself so Attic that by comparison he regards those genuine Attic writers as almost rustic.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11

« À la même époque vécurent deux hommes différents l’un de l’autre, mais néanmoins attiques. Charisius, dans les nombreux discours qu’il écrivait pour autrui, paraissait désireux d’imiter Lysias. Démocharès, fils de la sœur de Démosthène, écrivit quelques discours et relata les événements accomplis à Athènes de son temps dans un genre moins historique qu’oratoire. Or Hégésias veut ressembler à Charisius et se croit si parfaitement attique qu’en comparaison de lui il regarde presque les authentiques Attiques comme des rustres. »

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