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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 1
Passage 926 of 1,479
Canonical reference 11.14.1
Latin
perseus-cicero-letters_to_atticus-lat
non me offendit veritas litterarum tuarum quod me cum communibus tum praecipuis malis oppressum ne incipis quidem, ut solebas, consolari faterisque id fieri iam non posse. nec enim ea sunt quae erant antea cum, ut nihil aliud, comites me et socios habere putabam. omnes enim Achaici deprecatores itemque in Asia quibus non erat ignotum, etiam quibus erat, in Africam dicuntur navigaturi. ita praeter Laelium neminem habeo culpae socium; qui tamen hoc meliore in causa est quod iam est receptus.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
The truthfulness of your letter does not offend me. Crushed as I am by both common and particular evils, you do not even begin to console me as you used to, but confess that consolation is now impossible. Circumstances are no longer what they were before, when, if nothing else, I thought I had companions and partners. All the men in Achaea who are pleading for pardon, and likewise those in Asia who knew of the matter, and even those who did not, are said to be preparing to sail to Africa. Thus, apart from Laelius, I have no partner in my fault, and his position is better because he has already been readmitted.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
La vérité de ta lettre ne m’offense pas. Tu me vois accablé de malheurs tant communs que particuliers; tu ne commences même plus, comme autrefois, par me consoler, et tu avoues que cela n’est désormais plus possible. La situation n’est en effet plus ce qu’elle était lorsque, à défaut d’autre chose, je pensais avoir des compagnons et des associés. Tous ceux d’Achaïe qui sollicitent leur pardon, ainsi que ceux d’Asie qui connaissaient mon projet et même ceux qui l’ignoraient, vont, dit-on, faire voile vers l’Afrique. Ainsi, Laelius excepté, je n’ai personne qui partage ma faute. Lui-même se trouve pourtant dans une meilleure situation, puisqu’il a déjà été accueilli.
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