§3.15.1τοσαῦτα τοῦ Φουφεττίου λέξαντος καὶ πάντων τὴν γνώμην ἐπαινεσάντων ʽἔτυχον δὲ Ῥωμαίων τε καὶ Ἀλβανῶν οἱ κράτιστοι παρόντες ἀμφοτέροισʼ μικρὸν ἐπισχὼν ὁ Τύλλος λέγει· τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ὀρθῶς ἐπιλελογίσθαι μοι δοκεῖς, ὦ Φουφέττιε· θαυμαστὴ γάρ τις ἡ τὴν οὐδέποτε συμβᾶσαν ὁμοιογένειαν ἐν ἀμφοτέραις ταῖς πόλεσιν ἐπὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας γενεᾶς ἐξενέγκασα τύχη·
When Fufetius had spoken thus and all had praised his opinion (for the most influential of the Romans and Albans happened to be present with both of them), Tullus, after waiting a little, said: "O Fufetius, in other respects you seem to me to have reasoned correctly; for wonderful is the fortune that has brought forth in our generation a similarity in both cities that has never occurred before.
ἓν δʼ ἀγνοεῖν ἔοικας, ὃ πολὺν παρέξει τοῖς νεανίσκοις ὄκνον, ἐὰν ἀξιῶμεν αὐτοὺς ἀλλήλοις χωρεῖν διὰ μάχης.
But there is one thing you seem not to know, which will cause great hesitation in the young men, if we expect them to advance against one another in battle.
§3.15.2ἡ γὰρ Ὁρατίων μήτηρ τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀδελφὴ τῆς Κορατίων μητρός ἐστι τῶν Ἀλβανῶν, καὶ τέθραπται τὰ μειράκια ἐν τοῖς ἀμφοτέρων τῶν γυναικῶν κόλποις ἀσπάζονταί τʼ ἀλλήλους καὶ φιλοῦσιν οὐχ ἧττον ἢ πολλοὶ τοὺς ἑαυτῶν ἀδελφούς.
For the mother of our Horatii is the sister of the mother of the Alban Curiatii, and the young men have been brought up in the bosoms of both women, and they greet and love one another no less than many love their own brothers.
ὅρα δὴ μή ποτε οὐδʼ ὅσιον ᾖ τούτοις ἀναδιδόναι τὰ ὅπλα καὶ καλεῖν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸν κατʼ ἀλλήλων φόνον ἀνεψιοὺς καὶ συντρόφους ὄντας.
See to it, then, lest it should not even be holy to hand over arms to them and to call them to the murder of one another, being cousins and foster-brothers.
τὸ γὰρ ἐμφύλιον ἄγος, ἐὰν ἀναγκασθῶσιν ἀλλήλους μιαιφονεῖν, εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐλεύσεται τοὺς ἀναγκάζοντας. §3.15.3λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Φουφέττιος· οὐδʼ ἐμὲ λέληθεν, ὦ Τύλλε, τὸ συγγενὲς τῶν μειρακίων, οὐδʼ ὡς ἀναγκάσων αὐτοὺς τοῖς ἀνεψιοῖς διὰ μάχης χωρεῖν εἰ μὴ βουληθεῖεν αὐτοὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα ὑπομεῖναι παρεσκευασάμην, ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὴ τάχιστα ἐπὶ νοῦν ἦλθέ μοι τόδε τὸ βούλευμα τοὺς Ἀλβανοὺς Κορατίους μεταπεμψάμενος αὐτὸς ἐπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ διάπειραν ἔλαβον εἰ βουλομένοις αὐτοῖς ἐστιν ὁ ἀγών·
For the guilt of kindred bloodshed, if they are forced to murder one another, will come upon us who force them." Fufetius said to him: "O Tullus, the kinship of the young men has not escaped me either, nor did I prepare this with the intention of forcing them to advance against their cousins in battle if they themselves did not wish to undergo the contest. But as soon as this plan came to my mind, I sent for the Alban Curiatii and on my own part tested whether they were willing to undertake the contest.
δεξαμένων δʼ αὐτῶν τὸν λόγον ἀπίστῳ τινὶ καὶ θαυμαστῇ προθυμίᾳ, τότε ἀνακαλύπτειν ἔγνων τὸ βούλευμα καὶ φέρειν εἰς μέσον·
And since they accepted the proposal with an incredible and wonderful eagerness, I then decided to reveal the plan and bring it into the open.
σοί τε τὸ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὑποτίθεμαι ποιεῖν καλέσαντι τοὺς παρʼ ὑμῖν τριδύμους πεῖραν αὐτῶν τῆς γνώμης ποιήσασθαι.
And I suggest that you do this very same thing, to call the triplets on your side and make a trial of their opinion.
§3.15.4ἐὰν μὲν οὖν ἑκόντες συνεπιδιδῶσι κἀκεῖνοι τὰ σώματα προκινδυνεῦσαι τῆς ἑαυτῶν πατρίδος δέχου τὴν χάριν, ἐὰν δὲ ἀναδύωνται μηδεμίαν αὐτοῖς πρόσφερε ἀνάγκην.
If, therefore, they also of their own free will offer their bodies to face danger for their own country, accept their favor; but if they shrink back, apply no force to them.
μαντεύομαι δὲ καὶ περὶ ἐκείνων οἷα καὶ περὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων, εἴπερ οὖν εἰσὶν οἵους ἀκούομεν, ἐν ὀλίγοις τοῖς ἄριστα πεφυκόσιν ὅμοιοι καὶ τὰ πολέμια ἀγαθοί· κλέος γὰρ αὐτῶν καὶ πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐλήλυθε τῆς ἀρετῆς.
And I divine concerning them the same things as concerning ours, if indeed they are such as we hear, like to those few who are most excellently born and brave in war; for the fame of their valor has reached even to us."