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Cicero

Letters to Atticus Passage 3

Passage 1,394 of 1,479

Canonical reference 15.27.3

Latin

perseus-cicero-letters_to_atticus-lat

Attica iure queritur. quod me de Bacchi, de statuarum coronis certiorem fecisti, valde gratum; nec quicquam posthac non modo tantum sed ne tantulum quidem praeterieris. et de Herode et Mettio meminero et de omnibus quae te velle suspicabor modo. o turpem sororis tuae filium! cum haec scriberem, adventabat αὐτῇ βουλύσει cenantibus nobis.

English AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Attica complains with justice. I am most grateful that you informed me about Bacchus and the garlands on the statues. From now on, omit not only nothing so important, but not even the smallest detail. I shall remember Herodes and Mettius, and everything I merely suspect you want. What a disgraceful nephew of yours! As I was writing this, he was arriving of his own accord while we were at dinner.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Attica se plaint à bon droit. Je te remercie vivement de m’avoir informé au sujet de Bacchus et des couronnes placées sur les statues. Désormais, ne néglige rien, non seulement d’aussi important, mais même de tout petit. Je me souviendrai d’Hérode, de Mettius et de tout ce que je soupçonnerai que tu désires. Quel déshonneur que le fils de ta sœur! Au moment où j’écrivais ceci, il arrivait αὐτῇ βουλήσει tandis que nous dînions.

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