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Cicero

Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 37

Passage 37 of 334

Canonical reference 37

Latin

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phalereus enim successit eis senibus adulescens eruditissimus ille quidem horum omnium, sed non tam armis institutus quam palaestra . Itaque delectabat magis Atheniensis quam inflammabat. Proces serat enim in solem et pulverem, non ut e militari tabernaculo, sed ut e Theophrasti doctissimi hominis umbraculis.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

"For the young Demetrius of Phalerum succeeded those older men. He was indeed the most learned of them all, but had been trained more in the wrestling school than under arms. And so he delighted the Athenians more than he inflamed them. He had advanced into sun and dust not from a soldier's tent, but from the shaded retreats of the most learned Theophrastus."

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

«Démétrios de Phalère succéda à ces vieillards. C'était un jeune homme, le plus instruit de tous, mais formé moins aux armes qu'à la palestre. Aussi charmait-il les Athéniens plus qu'il ne les enflammait. Il s'était avancé au soleil et dans la poussière, non depuis la tente d'un soldat, mais depuis les retraites ombragées du très savant Théophraste.»

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