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Plutarch

Caesar Section 6

Section 286 of 288

Canonical reference 69.6

Ancient Greek

ψόφου δέ τινος αἰσθέσθαι περὶ τὴν θύραν ἔδοξε, καὶ πρός τὸ τοῦ λύχνου φῶς ἤδη καταφερομένου σκεψάμενος ὄψιν εἶδε φοβερὰν ἀνδρὸς ἐκφύλου τὸ μέγεθος καὶ χαλεποῦ τὸ εἶδος, ἐκπλαγεὶς δὲ τὸ πρῶτον, ὡς ἑώρα μήτε πράττοντά τι μήτε φθεγγόμενον, ἀλλὰ ἑστῶτα σιγῇ παρὰ τὴν κλίνην, ἠρώτα ὅστίς ἐστιν.

English

Bernadotte Perrin, 1919

And now he thought he heard a noise at the door, and looking towards the light of the lamp, which was slowly going out, he saw a fearful vision of a man of unnatural size and harsh aspect. At first he was terrified, but when he saw that the visitor neither did nor said anything, but stood in silence by his couch, he asked him who he was.

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Il crut alors entendre un bruit à la porte et, tournant les yeux vers la lumière de la lampe qui s’éteignait lentement, il vit l’effrayante apparition d’un homme d’une taille surnaturelle et à l’aspect farouche. Il fut d’abord terrifié, mais lorsqu’il vit que le visiteur ne faisait ni ne disait rien et se tenait en silence près de sa couche, il lui demanda qui il était.

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