Lettres à Atticus Passage 3

Πεπλογραφίαν Varronis tibi probari non moleste fero; a quo adhuc Ἡρακλείδειον illud non abstuli. quod me hortaris ad scribendum, amice tu quidem, sed me scito agere nihil aliud. gravedo tua mihi molesta est. quaeso , adhibe quam soles diligentiam. o Tite tibi prodesse laetor. Anagnini sunt Mustela ταξιάρχησ et Laco qui plurimum bibit. librum quem rogas perpoliam et mittam.

I do not resent your approval of Varro's Peplography, though I have not yet extracted that Heraclidean work from him. In urging me to write you certainly act as a friend, but you should know that I am doing nothing else. Your cold troubles me. Please apply your customary care to it. I am glad that Titus is helping you. At Anagnia there are Mustela the company commander and Laco, who drinks prodigiously. I shall polish the book you ask for and send it.

Je ne suis pas fâché que tu approuves la Peplographie de Varron, à qui je n’ai pas encore retiré le fameux ouvrage à la manière d’Héraclide. Lorsque tu m’exhortes à écrire, tu agis certes en ami, mais sache que je ne fais rien d’autre. Ton gros rhume me contrarie. Je t’en prie, apporte à te soigner ton zèle habituel. Ô Titus, je me réjouis de t’être utile. À Anagnia se trouvent Mustela, le taxiarque, et Laco, qui boit énormément. Je mettrai la dernière main au livre que tu demandes et te l’enverrai.