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Plutarch

Caesar Section 2

Section 127 of 288

Canonical reference 30.2

Ancient Greek

ταῦτα προκαλούμενος ἐν τῷ δήμῳ Κουρίων ὑπὲρ Καίσαρος ἐκροτεῖτο λαμπρῶς· οἱ δὲ καὶ στεφάνους ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ὥσπερ ἀθλητὴν ἀνθοβολοῦντες ἠφίεσαν. Ἀντώνιος δὲ δημαρχῶν Καίσαρος ὑπὲρ τούτων ἐπιστολὴν κομισθεῖσαν εἰς τὸ πλῆθος ἐξήνεγκε καὶ ἀνέγνω βίᾳ τῶν ὑπάτων, ἐν δὲ τῇ βουλῇ Σκηπίων μὲν ὁ Πομπηΐου πενθερὸς εἰσηγήσατο γνώμην, ἂν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ῥητῇ μὴ κατάθηται τὰ ὅπλα Καῖσαρ, ἀποδειχθῆναι πολέμιον αὐτόν.

English

Bernadotte Perrin, 1919

When Curio laid these proposals before the people in behalf of Caesar, he was loudly applauded, and some actually cast garlands of flowers upon him as if he were a victorious athlete. Antony, too, who was a tribune, brought before the people a letter of Caesar’s on these matters which he had received, and read it aloud, in defiance of the consuls. But in the senate, Scipio, the father-in-law of Pompey, introduced a motion that if by a fixed day Caesar did not lay down his arms he should be declared a public enemy.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13

Lorsque Curion présenta ces propositions au peuple au nom de César, il fut vivement applaudi, et certains lui jetèrent même des couronnes de fleurs comme à un athlète victorieux. Antoine, qui était lui aussi tribun, présenta au peuple une lettre de César qu’il avait reçue sur ces questions et la lut à haute voix, au mépris des consuls. Mais, au Sénat, Scipion, beau-père de Pompée, proposa que, si César ne déposait pas les armes avant une date fixée, il fût déclaré ennemi public.

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