Marcus Tullius Cicero→Titus Pomponius Atticus|c. 44 BC|Cicero|From Rome|To Rome/Athens|AI-assisted
I received two letters from you yesterday. From the first I learned about the theater and Publilius, good signs that the crowd is united. The applause given to Lucius Cassius even seemed to me a little pointed.
The second letter was about our bald friend, though he is not as bald as you think. He has made progress, but not very far. I was kept too long by his conversation. What I wrote to you, perhaps obscurely, was this: he said that Caesar, at the time when I came to him at Sestius' request and sat waiting, had said to him, "Am I now so foolish as to think this easy-tempered man is my friend, when he sits so long waiting on my convenience?" So in this bald friend you have a most bitter enemy of peace, that is, of Brutus.
I am thinking of going to Tusculum today, Lanuvium tomorrow, and then to Astura. There is lodging ready for Pilia, though I would have liked Attica too. Still, I forgive you. Give them both my greetings.
I had two letters from you yesterday. From the first I learned about the theatre and Publilius, good signs of the unanimous feeling of the people. The applause given to Cassius I thought even overdone. The other letter was about Bald-pate, though he is not so bald as you think. For he has advanced, though not very far. I have been detained too long by his talk. What I mentioned to you, perhaps a little obscurely, was like this. He said Caesar remarked to him, when I went to see him at Sestius' request and was sitting waiting: "Can I be foolish enough to think that this man, good-natured though he is, is friendly to me, when he has to sit and wait for my convenience so long." So you have in Bald-pate a bitter enemy of peace, that is to say, of Brutus.
I am thinking of going to Tusculum to-day, to Lanuvium to-morrow, and then to Astura. I am ready to entertain Pilia, though I should like Attica. However, I forgive you. So greet me to them both.
duas a te accepi epistulas heri. ex priore theatrum Publiliumque cognovi, bona signa consentientis multitudinis. plausus vero L. Cassio datus etiam facetus mihi quidem visus est. [2] altera epistula de Madaro scripta, apud quem nullum fala/kwma , ut putas. processit enim, sed minus diutius. sermone eius sum retentus. quod autem ad te scripseram obscure fortasse, id eius modi est. aiebat Caesarem secum, quo tempore Sesti rogatu veni ad eum, cum exspectarem sedens, dixisse, 'ego nunc tam sim stultus ut hunc ipsum facilem hominem putem mihi esse amicum quom tam diu sedens meum commodum exspectet?' habes igitur fala/krwma inimicissimum oti, id est Bruti. [4] in Tusculanum hodie, Lanuvi cras, inde Asturae cogitabam. Piliae paratum est hospitium, sed vellem Atticam verum tibi ignosco. quarum utrique salutem.
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I received two letters from you yesterday. From the first I learned about the theater and Publilius, good signs that the crowd is united. The applause given to Lucius Cassius even seemed to me a little pointed.
The second letter was about our bald friend, though he is not as bald as you think. He has made progress, but not very far. I was kept too long by his conversation. What I wrote to you, perhaps obscurely, was this: he said that Caesar, at the time when I came to him at Sestius' request and sat waiting, had said to him, "Am I now so foolish as to think this easy-tempered man is my friend, when he sits so long waiting on my convenience?" So in this bald friend you have a most bitter enemy of peace, that is, of Brutus.
I am thinking of going to Tusculum today, Lanuvium tomorrow, and then to Astura. There is lodging ready for Pilia, though I would have liked Attica too. Still, I forgive you. Give them both my greetings.
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Latin / Greek Original
duas a te accepi epistulas heri. ex priore theatrum Publiliumque cognovi, bona signa consentientis multitudinis. plausus vero L. Cassio datus etiam facetus mihi quidem visus est. [2] altera epistula de Madaro scripta, apud quem nullum fala/kwma , ut putas. processit enim, sed minus diutius. sermone eius sum retentus. quod autem ad te scripseram obscure fortasse, id eius modi est. aiebat Caesarem secum, quo tempore Sesti rogatu veni ad eum, cum exspectarem sedens, dixisse, 'ego nunc tam sim stultus ut hunc ipsum facilem hominem putem mihi esse amicum quom tam diu sedens meum commodum exspectet?' habes igitur fala/krwma inimicissimum oti, id est Bruti. [4] in Tusculanum hodie, Lanuvi cras, inde Asturae cogitabam. Piliae paratum est hospitium, sed vellem Atticam verum tibi ignosco. quarum utrique salutem.