Lettres à Atticus Passage 3

Octavius Neapolim venit x iiii Kal. ibi eum Balbus mane postridie eodemque die mecum in Cumano, illum hereditatem aditurum. sed , ut scribis, † ῤιξόθεμιν † magnam cum Antonio. Buthrotia mihi tua res est, ut debet, eritque curae. quod quaeris, iamne ad centena Cluvianum, adventare videtur. scilicet primo anno L_X_X_X_ detersimus.

Octavius arrived at Naples on the fourteenth day before the Kalends. Balbus met him there next morning and was with me that same day at my Cuman estate. He said Octavius would accept the inheritance, but, as you write, there will be a great †contest of Themis† with Antony. Your Buthrotian affair is mine, as it ought to be, and I shall attend to it. You ask whether the Cluvian property is already approaching an annual return of one hundred thousand. It seems to be drawing near. We have, of course, wiped off eighty thousand in the first year.

Octavius est arrivé à Naples quatorze jours avant les calendes. Balbus l’y vit le lendemain matin et, ce même jour, se trouva avec moi à Cumes; il dit qu’Octavius acceptera l’héritage. Mais, comme tu l’écris, il aura une grande †ῥιξόθεμις† avec Antonius. Ton affaire de Buthrote est la mienne, comme elle doit l’être, et je m’en occuperai. Tu demandes si le revenu de Cluvius approche maintenant des cent mille: il semble y arriver. Évidemment, la première année, nous avons épongé quatre-vingt mille.