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Plutarch

Caesar Section 4

Section 256 of 288

Canonical reference 63.4

Ancient Greek

πρὸ μιᾶς δὲ ἡμέρας Μάρκου Λεπίδου δειπνίζοντος αὐτόν ἔτυχε μὲν ἐπιστολαῖς ὑπογράφων, ὥσπερ εἰώθει, κατακείμενος ἐμπεσόντος δὲ λόγου ποῖος ἄρα τῶν θανάτων ἄριστος, ἅπαντας φθάσας ἐξεβόησεν ὁ ἀπροσδόκητος.

English

Bernadotte Perrin, 1919

Moreover, on the day before, when Marcus Lepidus was entertaining him at supper, Caesar chanced to be signing letters, as his custom was, while reclining at table, and the discourse turned suddenly upon the question what sort of death was the best; before any one else could answer Caesar cried out: That which is unexpected.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

En outre, la veille, alors que Marcus Lépide le recevait à souper, César se trouvait, selon son habitude, à signer des lettres tout en étant allongé à table. La conversation en vint soudain à rechercher quelle sorte de mort était la meilleure. Avant que personne d’autre pût répondre, César s’écria : « Celle qui est inattendue. »

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