Lettres à Atticus Passage 3

Pompeium nobis amicissimum constat esse. divortium Muciae vehementer probatur. P. Clodium Appi f., credo te audisse cum veste muliebri deprehensum domi C. Caesaris cum pro populo fieret, eumque per manus servulae servatum et eductum; rem esse insigni infamia. quod te moleste ferre certo scio.

It is agreed that Pompey is extremely friendly toward me. His divorce from Mucia is strongly approved. I believe you have heard that P. Clodius, son of Appius, was caught in women's clothing in the house of C. Caesar while the rites were being performed on behalf of the people, and that he was rescued and led out from hand to hand by a maidservant. The affair is one of extraordinary disgrace. I know for certain that you take it badly.

Il est établi que Pompée nous est très favorable. Le divorce de Mucia est vivement approuvé. Tu as, je pense, entendu dire que P. Clodius, fils d’Appius, a été surpris vêtu en femme dans la maison de C. César pendant qu’on y célébrait un sacrifice pour le peuple, puis sauvé et conduit dehors de main en main par une petite servante. L’affaire est d’une infamie éclatante. Je sais avec certitude qu’elle t’afflige.