§1.81.1ὡς δὲ ταῦτα κράτιστα εἶναι ἔδοξε συγκαλέσας τοὺς κωμήτας ἅπαντας ὁ Ῥωμύλος καὶ δεηθεὶς εἰς τὴν Ἄλβαν ἐπείγεσθαι διαταχέων μὴ κατὰ τὰς αὐτὰς πύλας ἅπαντας μηδʼ ἀθρόους εἰσιόντας, μή τις ὑπόνοια πρὸς τοὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει γένηται, καὶ περὶ τὴν ἀγορὰν ὑπομένοντας ἑτοίμους εἶναι δρᾶν τὸ κελευόμενον, §1.81.2ἀπῄει πρῶτος εἰς τὴν πόλιν.
When these plans seemed to be the best, Romulus, having called all the villagers together and requested them to hasten to Alba quickly, entering not all by the same gates nor in a body, lest some suspicion should arise among those in the city, but to wait around the marketplace and be ready to do what was commanded, he himself departed first for the city.
οἱ δὲ τὸν Ῥῶμον ἄγοντες ἐπειδὴ κατέστησαν ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα, τάς τε ὕβρεις ἁπάσας, ὅσας ἦσαν ὑβρισμένοι πρὸς τῶν μειρακίων, κατηγόρουν καὶ τοὺς τραυματίας σφῶν ἐπεδείκνυσαν τιμωρίας εἰ μὴ τεύξονται καταλείψειν προλέγοντες τὰ βουφόρβια.
Those who were leading Romus, when they brought him before the king, accused him of all the outrages they had suffered from the young men, and showing their wounded, declared beforehand that they would abandon the herds of cattle if they did not obtain satisfaction.
Ἀμόλιος δὲ τοῖς χωρίταις κατὰ πλῆθος ἐληλυθόσι χαρίζεσθαι βουλόμενος καὶ τῷ Νεμέτορι ʽπαρὼν γὰρ ἐτύγχανε συναγανακτῶν τοῖς πελάταισʼ εἰρήνην τε ἀνὰ τὴν χώραν σπεύδων εἶναι καὶ ἅμα καὶ τὸ αὔθαδες τοῦ μειρακίου, ὡς ἀκατάπληκτον ἦν ἐν τοῖς λόγοις, διʼ ὑποψίας λαμβάνων καταψηφίζεται τὴν δίκην· τῆς δὲ τιμωρίας τὸν Νεμέτορα ποιεῖ κύριον εἰπών, ὡς τῷ δράσαντι δεινὰ τὸ ἀντιπαθεῖν οὐ πρὸς ἄλλου τινὸς μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦ πεπονθότος ὀφείλεται.
Amulius, wishing to gratify the country folk who had come in great numbers, and also Numitor (for he happened to be present and sharing the indignation of his clients), and being anxious for peace to prevail throughout the land, and at the same time suspecting the boldness of the young man, seeing how undaunted he was in his words, pronounced judgment against him; and he made Numitor master of his punishment, saying that the retribution for one who had done dreadful deeds was due from no other person more than from the one who had suffered them.
§1.81.3ἐν ὅσῳ δʼ ὁ Ῥῶμος ὑπὸ τῶν τοῦ Νεμέτορος βουκόλων ἤγετο δεδεμένος τε ὀπίσω τὼ χεῖρε καὶ πρὸς τῶν ἀγόντων ἐπικερτομούμενος, ἀκολουθῶν ὁ Νεμέτωρ τοῦ τε σώματος τὴν εὐπρέπειαν ἀπεθαύμαζεν, ὡς πολὺ τὸ βασιλικὸν εἶχε, καὶ τοῦ φρονήματος τὴν εὐγένειαν ἐνεθυμεῖτο, ἣν καὶ παρὰ τὰ δεινὰ διέσωσεν οὐ πρὸς οἶκτον οὐδὲ λιπαρήσεις, ὡς ἅπαντες ἐν ταῖς τοιαῖσδε ποιοῦσι τύχαις, τραπόμενος, ἀλλὰ σὺν εὐκόσμῳ σιωπῇ πρὸς τὸν μόρον ἀπιών.
While Romus was being led away by the herdsmen of Numitor, with his hands bound behind him and being mocked by his leaders, Numitor, who was following, admired the beauty of his person, which possessed much of the kingly air, and reflected upon the nobility of his spirit, which he preserved even in the midst of dangers, not turning to pity or supplications, as all men do in such fortunes, but going to his death with orderly silence.
§1.81.4ὡς δʼ εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ἀφίκοντο μεταστῆναι τοὺς ἄλλους κελεύσας μονωθέντα τὸν Ῥῶμον ἤρετο τίς εἴη καὶ τίνων, ὡς οὐκ ἂν ἐκ τῶν τυχόντων γε ἄνδρα τοιοῦτον γενόμενον.
When they had arrived at the house, having ordered the others to withdraw, he asked Romus when he was alone who he was and who his parents were, since such a man could not have sprung from ordinary people.
εἰπόντος δὲ τοῦ Ῥώμου τοσοῦτον εἰδέναι μόνον κατὰ πύστιν τοῦ τρέφοντος, ὅτι σὺν ἀδελφῷ διδύμῳ ἐκτεθείη βρέφος εἰς νάπην εὐθὺς ἀπὸ γονῆς καὶ πρὸς τῶν νομέων ἀναιρεθεὶς ἐκτραφείη, βραχὺν ἐπισχὼν χρόνον εἴτε ὑποτοπηθείς τι τῶν ἀληθῶν εἴτε τοῦ δαίμονος ἄγοντος εἰς τοὐμφανὲς τὸ πρᾶγμα λέγει πρὸς αὐτόν· §1.81.5ὅτι μὲν ἐπʼ ἐμοὶ γέγονας, ὦ Ρ̓ῶμε, παθεῖν ὅ τι ἂν δικαιώσω, καὶ ὡς περὶ πολλοῦ ποιήσαιντʼ ἂν οἱ κομίσαντές σε δεῦρο πολλὰ καὶ δεινὰ παθόντες ἀποθανεῖν, οὐδὲν δεῖ πρὸς εἰδότα λέγειν.
When Romus replied that he knew only so much from what his foster-father had told him, namely, that he and his twin brother had been exposed as infants in a glen immediately after birth and had been taken up and brought up by the shepherds, Numitor, after waiting a short time, whether having suspected some of the truth or because the deity was bringing the matter to light, said to him: "That you are in my power, Romus, to suffer whatever I may deem just, and that those who brought you here, having suffered many and dreadful things, would value it highly that you should die, there is no need to tell one who knows it.
εἰ δέ σε θανάτου τε καὶ ἄλλου παντὸς ἐκλυσαίμην κακοῦ, ἆρʼ ἂν εἰδείης μοι χάριν καὶ δεομένῳ ὑπουργήσειας ὃ κοινὸν ἀμφοῖν ἔσται ἀγαθόν; §1.81.6ἀποκριναμένου δὲ τοῦ μειρακίου ὁπόσα τοὺς ἐν ἀπογνώσει βίου κειμένους ἡ τοῦ σωθήσεσθαι ἐλπὶς τοῖς κυρίοις τούτου λέγειν καὶ ὑπισχνεῖσθαι ἐπαίρει, λῦσαι κελεύσας αὐτὸν ὁ Νεμέτωρ καὶ πάντας ἀπελθεῖν ἐκποδῶν φράζει τὰς αὑτοῦ τύχας, ὡς Ἀμόλιος αὐτὸν ἀδελφὸς ὢν ἀπεστέρησε τῆς βασιλείας ὀρφανόν τε τέκνων ἔθηκε, τὸν μὲν ἐπὶ θήρᾳ κρύφα διαχειρισάμενος, τὴν δʼ ἐν εἱρκτῇ δεδεμένην φυλάττων, τά τε ἄλλα ὁπόσα δεσπότης χρώμενος δούλῳ λωβᾶται.
But if I should deliver you from death and all other evil, would you show me gratitude and assist me when I request what will be a common good to us both?" When the young man made such answers as the hope of being saved prompts those who lie in despair of life to say and promise to their masters, Numitor, having ordered him to be unbound and everyone to go out of the way, declared his own fortunes: how Amulius, though he was his brother, had deprived him of his kingdom and made him childless, having secretly made away with his son while hunting and keeping his daughter bound in prison, and doing all other outrages that a master inflicts when treating his slave.