§11.33.1ὡς δʼ ἀπῆλθεν ἐκ τῆς ἀγορᾶς ἀδημονῶν καὶ μαινόμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ πάθους, ἔγνω μηκέτι μεθέσθαι τῆς παρθένου τοῖς συγγενέσιν, ἀλλʼ ὅταν ἐπὶ τὴν ἐγγύην προαχθῇ, μετὰ βίας αὐτὴν ἀπάγειν, ἑαυτῷ τε πλείονα φυλακὴν περιστησάμενος, ὡς μηδὲν ὑπὸ τῶν ὄχλων βιασθείη, καὶ τὰ πέριξ τοῦ βήματος ἑταίρων τε καὶ πελατῶν ὄχλῳ προκαταλαβών.
When he departed from the forum, distressed and driven mad by his passion, he resolved no longer to yield the maiden to her relatives, but, when she should be brought forward for the bail, to carry her off by force, having placed a larger guard around himself so that he might in no way be overpowered by the crowds, and having pre-occupied the surroundings of the tribunal with a crowd of companions and clients.
§11.33.2ἵνα δὲ σὺν εὐσχήμονι δίκης τοῦτο πράττῃ προφάσει, μὴ παραγενηθέντος ἐπὶ τὴν ἐγγύην τοῦ πατρός, ἐπιστολὰς δοὺς τοῖς πιστοτάτοις ἱππεῦσιν ἔπεμψεν ἐπὶ τὸν χάρακα πρὸς Ἀντώνιον τὸν ἡγεμόνα τοῦ τάγματος, ὑφʼ οὗ ἦν Οὐεργίνιος, ἀξιῶν αὐτὸν κατέχειν τὸν ἄνδρα ἐν ἐπιμελεῖ φυλακῇ, μὴ λάθῃ πυθόμενος τὰ περὶ τὴν θυγατέρα καὶ διαδρὰς ἐκ τοῦ χάρακος.
And in order to do this under a specious pretext of justice, on the ground that her father had not appeared for the bail, he gave letters to his most trustworthy horsemen and sent them to the camp to Antonius, the commander of the legion under whom Verginius was, requesting him to keep the man under careful guard, lest he should secretly learn the matters concerning his daughter and escape from the camp.
§11.33.3ἔφθησαν δʼ αὐτὸν οἱ τῇ κόρῃ προσήκοντες, Νομιτωρίου τε υἱὸς καὶ ἀδελφὸς Ἰκιλίου, προαποσταλέντες ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων ἀρχομένης ἔτι τῆς καταστάσεως, νεανίαι λήματος πλήρεις ἀπὸ ῥυτῆρος καὶ μετὰ μάστιγος ἐλαθεῖσι τοῖς ἵπποις πρότερον διανύσαντες τὴν ὁδὸν καὶ τῷ Οὐεργινίῳ §11.33.4τὰ πεπραγμένα διασαφηνίσαντες.
But the relatives of the girl, the son of Numitorius and the brother of Icilius, anticipated him; having been sent beforehand by the others while the proceeding was still beginning, being young men full of spirit, they completed the journey earlier with horses driven at full gallop and with the whip, and to Verginius made clear what had been done.
ὁ δὲ τὴν μὲν ἀληθῆ πρὸς Ἀντώνιον αἰτίαν ἀποκρυψάμενος, ἀναγκαίου δέ τινος συγγενοῦς σκηψάμενος πεπύσθαι θάνατον, οὗ τὴν ἐκκομιδήν τε καὶ ταφὴν αὐτὸν ἔδει ποιήσασθαι κατὰ τὸν νόμον, ἀφίεται καὶ περὶ λύχνων ἁφὰς ἤλαυνε μετὰ τῶν μειρακίων κατʼ ἄλλας ὁδοὺς διωγμὸν ἔκ τε τοῦ στρατοπέδου καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς πόλεως δεδοικώς· ὅπερ καὶ συνέβη.
He, having concealed the true reason from Antonius, and having pretended to have heard of the death of some close relative, whose funeral procession and burial he had to perform according to the law, was let go, and around the lighting of lamps he rode with the young men by other roads, fearing pursuit both from the camp and from the city; which indeed happened.
§11.33.5ὅ τε γὰρ Ἀντώνιος τὰς ἐπιστολὰς δεξάμενος περὶ πρώτην μάλιστα φυλακήν, ἴλην ἀπέστειλεν ἱππέων ἐπʼ αὐτόν, ἔκ τε τῆς πόλεως ἕτεροι πεμφθέντες ἱππεῖς διʼ ὅλης νυκτὸς ἐφρούρουν τὴν ἀπὸ στρατοπέδου φέρουσαν ὁδόν.
For Antonius, having received the letters around the first watch, sent a troop of horsemen after him, and other horsemen sent from the city guarded all night long the road leading from the camp.
ὡς δὲ ἀπήγγειλεν Ἀππίῳ τις τὸν Οὐεργίνιον ἐληλυθότα παρὰ τὴν ὑπόληψιν, ἔξω τῶν φρενῶν γενόμενος παρῆν μετὰ πολλοῦ στίφους ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα καὶ προσάγειν ἐκέλευσε τοὺς τῆς κόρης συγγενεῖς.
But when someone reported to Appius that Verginius had arrived contrary to expectation, being beside himself, he appeared at the tribunal with a large crowd and ordered them to bring forward the relatives of the girl.
§11.33.6προσελθόντων δʼ αὐτῶν ὁ μὲν Κλαύδιος τοὺς αὐτοὺς πάλιν διεξελθὼν λόγους ἠξίου τὸν Ἄππιον γενέσθαι δικαστὴν τοῦ πράγματος μηδεμίαν ἀναβολὴν ποιησάμενον, τόν τε μηνυτὴν παρεῖναι λέγων καὶ τοὺς μάρτυρας καὶ τὴν θεράπαιναν αὐτὴν παραδούς· ἐφʼ οἷς ἅπασι πολὺς ὁ προσποιητὸς σχετλιασμὸς ἦν, εἰ μὴ τεύξεται τῶν ἴσων τοῖς ἄλλοις, ὡς πρότερον, ὅτι πελάτης ἦν αὐτοῦ· καὶ παράκλησις, μὴ τοῖς ἐλεεινότερα λέγουσιν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς δικαιότερα ἀξιοῦσι βοηθεῖν.
And when they approached, Claudius, on his part, having gone through the same arguments again, requested Appius to become the judge of the matter, making no delay, saying that the informant was present, and delivering up the witnesses and the maidservant herself; in all of which there was much feigned indignation, [complaining] if he should not obtain equal rights with others, because, as formerly, he was his client; and an appeal not to help those who spoke more piteously, but those who demanded more justly.