Lettres à Atticus Passage 2

reliqua , o di! qui comitatus, quae, ut tu soles dicere, νέκυια ! in qua erat ἥρωσ Celer. o rem perditam! o copias desperatas! quid quod Servi filius, quod Titini in iis castris fuerunt quibus Pompeius circumsederetur! sex legiones; multum vigilat, audet. nullum video finem mali. nunc certe promenda tibi sunt consilia. hoc fuerat extremum.

As for the rest, good gods! What a retinue, what a world of the dead, as you are accustomed to call it! Its hero was Celer. What a ruined affair! What desperate forces! And what of Servius's son and Titinius's son having been in the camp with which Pompey was besieged? Six legions. Caesar is vigilant and daring. I see no end to the evil. Now you must certainly bring forth your counsel. This was the last contingency.

Et le reste, ô dieux! Quelle escorte, quelle νέκυια, comme tu le dis! Celer y jouait le rôle du ἥρωσ. Ô situation perdue! Ô troupes désespérées! Et le fils de Servius, et celui de Titinius, qui se trouvaient dans le camp assiégeant Pompée! Six légions. Il veille beaucoup, il ose. Je ne vois aucune fin au malheur. Maintenant, assurément, tu dois produire tes conseils. Celui-ci était le dernier.