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Plutarch

Caesar Section 2

Section 239 of 288

Canonical reference 60.2

Ancient Greek

καὶ καταβαίνοντος ἐξ Ἄλβης Καίσαρος εἰς τὴν πόλιν ἐτόλμησαν αὐτὸν ἀσπάσασθαι βασιλέα, τοῦ δὲ δήμου διαταραχθέντος ἀχθεσθεὶς ἐκεῖνος οὐκ ἔφη βασιλεύς, ἀλλὰ Καῖσαρ καλεῖσθαι· καὶ γενομένης πρὸς τοῦτο πάντων σιωπῆς οὐ πάνυ φαιδρὸς οὐδʼ εὐμενὴς παρῆλθεν.

English

Bernadotte Perrin, 1919

and as Caesar was coming down from Alba into the city they ventured to hail him as king. But at this the people were confounded, and Caesar, disturbed in mind, said that his name was not King, but Caesar, and seeing that his words produced an universal silence, he passed on with no very cheerful or contented looks.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

et, comme César descendait d’Albe vers la ville, ils osèrent le saluer du titre de roi. Mais le peuple en fut déconcerté et César, troublé, déclara que son nom n’était pas Roi, mais César ; voyant que ses paroles faisaient naître un silence universel, il poursuivit son chemin sans montrer un visage très joyeux ni satisfait.

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