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Plutarch

Caesar Section 2

Section 244 of 288

Canonical reference 61.2

Ancient Greek

τῶν δʼ εὐγενῶν νεανίσκων καί ἀρχόντων πολλοὶ διαθέουσιν ἀνὰ τὴν πόλιν γυμνοί, σκύτεσι λασίοις τοὺς ἐμποδὼν ἐπὶ παιδιᾷ καί γέλωτι παίοντες πολλαὶ δὲ καί τῶν ἐν τέλει γυναικῶν ἐπίτηδες ὑπαντῶσαι παρέχουσιν ὥσπερ ἐν διδασκάλου τὼ χεῖρε ταῖς πληγαῖς, πεπεισμέναι πρὸς εὐτοκίαν κυούσαις, ἀγόνοις δὲ πρὸς κύησιν ἀγαθὸν εἶναι.

English

Bernadotte Perrin, 1919

At this time many of the noble youths and of the magistrates run up and down through the city naked, for sport and laughter striking those they meet with shaggy thongs. And many women of rank also purposely get in their way, and like children at school present their hands to be struck, believing that the pregnant will thus be helped to an easy delivery, and the barren to pregnancy.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

À cette occasion, beaucoup de jeunes gens de noble naissance et de magistrats courent nus de tous côtés à travers la ville et, par jeu et pour rire, frappent ceux qu’ils rencontrent avec des lanières velues. Beaucoup de femmes de haut rang se placent aussi délibérément sur leur passage et, comme des enfants à l’école, présentent leurs mains aux coups, croyant que les femmes enceintes en seront aidées à accoucher facilement, et les femmes stériles à concevoir.

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