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Plutarch

Cato the Younger Section 2

Section 200 of 318

Canonical reference 46.2

Ancient Greek

οὗτος ἀγορανομίαν μετιὼν ἡττᾶτο, συμπαρὼν δὲ ὁ Κάτων προσέσχε ταῖς δέλτοις μιᾷ χειρὶ γεγραμμέναις· καὶ τὴν κακουργίαν ἐξελέγξας τότε μὲν ἐπικλήσει δημάρχων ἔλυσε τὴν ἀνάδειξιν, ὕστερον δὲ τοῦ Φαωνίου κατασταθέντος ἀγορανόμου τά τε ἄλλα τῆς ἀρχῆς ἐπεμελεῖτο καὶ τὰς θέας διεῖπεν ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ, διδοὺς καὶ τοῖς θυμελικοῖς στεφάνους μὲν οὐ χρυσοῦς, ἀλλʼ ὥσπερ ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ κοτίνων,

English

Bernadotte Perrin, 1919

He was being defeated in a candidacy for the aedileship, but Cato, who was present, noticed that the voting tablets were all inscribed in one hand; and having exposed the foul play, at the time he stopped the election by an appeal to the tribunes. Afterwards, when Favonius had been appointed aedile, Cato both discharged the other duties of the office and managed the spectacles in the theatre. He gave to the actors crowns, not of gold, but of wild olive,

French AI-generated translation, non-official

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

Il était en train d’être battu lors d’une candidature à l’édilité, mais Caton, qui était présent, remarqua que les tablettes de vote étaient toutes inscrites de la même main; après avoir dévoilé la fraude, il fit alors interrompre l’élection en en appelant aux tribuns. Plus tard, lorsque Favonius eut été nommé édile, Caton s’acquitta des autres devoirs de la charge et organisa les spectacles au théâtre. Il donna aux acteurs des couronnes faites non d’or, mais d’olivier sauvage,

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