§6.1.19quod de Philotimo et de solutione HS X_X_DC scribis, Philotimum circiter Kal. Ianuarias in Chersonesum audio venisse.
As to what you write about Philotimus and the payment of 20,600 sesterces, I hear that Philotimus arrived in the Chersonese around the Kalends of January.
at mi ab eo nihil adhuc.
But I have received nothing from him yet.
reliqua mea Camillus scribit se accepisse.
Camillus writes that he has received my remaining assets.
ea quae sint nescio et aveo scire.
What they are, I do not know and am eager to learn.
verum haec posterius et coram fortasse commodius.
But of these things later, and perhaps more conveniently in person.
§6.1.20illud me, mi Attice, in extrema fere parte epistulae commovit;
That point, my dear Atticus, near the very end of your letter, deeply disturbed me.
scribis enim sic, τί λοιπόν; deinde me obsecras amantissime ne obliviscar vigilare et ut animadvertam quae fiant.
For you write thus: "τί loispon?" (What next?); and then you entreat me most affectionately not to forget to remain vigilant and to pay attention to what is happening.
num quid de quo inaudisti? etsi nihil eius modi est.
Is there something you have heard rumors about?
πολλοῦ γε.
And yet there is nothing of that kind, far from it (πολλοῦ γε).
nec enim me fefellisset nec fallet.
For it would not have escaped me, nor will it escape me.
sed ista admonitio tua tam accurata nescio quid mihi significare visa est.
But that very precise warning of yours seemed to me to hint at something.
§6.1.21de M. Octavio iterum iam tibi rescribo te illi probe respondisse;
Regarding M.
paulo vellem fidentius.
Octavius, I am now writing back to you a second time that you answered him properly; I could wish it had been a little more confidently.
nam Caelius libertum ad me misit et litteras accurate scriptas et de pantheris et† a civitatibus.
For Caelius sent a freedman to me with a carefully written letter both about panthers and about requisitions from the cities.
rescripsi alterum me moleste ferre, si ego in tenebris laterem nec audiretur Romae nullum in mea provincia nummum nisi in aes alienum erogari, docuique nec mihi conciliare pecuniam licere nec illi capere monuique eum quem plane diligo ut cum alios accusasset cautius viveret; illud autem alterum alienum esse existimatione mea, Cibyratas imperio meo publice venari.
I wrote back that as to the one, I took it hard if I was living in obscurity and it was not heard in Rome that not a single coin is spent in my province except for paying debt, and I explained that it is not lawful for me to raise money nor for him to receive it, and I warned him, whom I clearly love, to live more cautiously since he had accused others; as to the other matter, however, I deemed it foreign to my reputation that the Cibyratae should hunt publicly under my command.
§6.1.22Lepta tua epistula gaudio exsultat; etenim scripta belle est meque apud eum magna in gratia posuit.
Your Lepta is exultant with joy at your letter; indeed, it was beautifully written and put me in great favor with him.
filiola tua gratum mihi fecit quod tibi diligenter mandavit ut mihi salutem adscriberes, gratum etiam Pilia, sed illa officiosius quod mihi quem iam pridem numquam vidit.
Your little daughter did me a pleasure in carefully charging you to add her greetings to me, as did Pilia, but she did so more formally, to one whom she has not seen for a long time.
igitur tu quoque salutem utrique adscribito.
Therefore, you also add my greetings to both.
litterarum datarum dies pr. Kal. Ianuar. suavem habuit recordationem clarissimi iuris iurandi quod ego non eram oblitus.
The date of the dispatch of your letter, the day before the Kalends of January, brought back a sweet memory of that most illustrious oath, which I had not forgotten.
Magnus enim praetextatus illo die fui.
For on that day I was a Great Man in my ceremonial toga.
habes ad omnia.
There, you have my answer to everything.
non, ut postulasti, χρύσεα χαλκείων sed paria paribus respondimus.
I have replied to you, not as you demanded, "gold for bronze," but like for like.
§6.1.23ecce autem alia pusilla epistula quam non relinquam ἀναντιφώνητον.
But look, here is another tiny letter, which I will not leave unanswered (ἀναντιφώνητον).
bene me hercule †potuit Lucceius Tusculanum, nisi forte (solet enim) cum suo tibicine†.
By Hercules, Lucceius could well have sold his Tusculan villa, unless perhaps (as is his wont) he was with his flute-player.
et velim scire qui sit eius status.
And I should like to know what his status is.
Lentulum quidem nostrum omnia praeter Tusculanum proscripsisse audio.
I hear that our Lentulus has advertised everything for sale except his Tusculan villa.
cupio hos expeditos videre, cupio etiam Sestium, adde sis Caelium; in quibus omnibus est
"αἴδεσθεν μὲν"
de Memmio restituendo ut Curio cogitet te audisse puto.
I desire to see these men cleared of debt, and I also desire Sestius to be so, and pray add Caelius; in all of whom there is "αἴδεσθεν μὲν" (they were ashamed). I think you have heard that Curio is thinking about restoring Memmius.
de Egnati Sidicini nomine nec nulla nec magna spe sumus.
Concerning the debt of Egnatius Sidicinus, we have some hope, though not a great one.
Pinarium quem mihi commendas diligentissime Deiotarus curat graviter aegrum.
Deiotarus is taking care of Pinarius, whom you recommend to me most earnestly, as he is seriously ill.
respondi etiam minori.
I have replied even to the shorter letter.
§6.1.24tu velim dum ero Laodiceae, id est ad Idus Maias, quam saepissime mecum per litteras colloquare et cum Athenas veneris (iam enim sciemus de rebus urbanis, de provinciis, quae omnia in mensem Martium sunt conlata), utique ad me tabellarios mittas.
I would like you, while I am in Laodicea—that is, until the Ides of May—to converse with me by letter as often as possible; and when you arrive at Athens (for by then we shall know about city affairs and the provinces, all of which have been postponed to the month of March), to be sure to send couriers to me.
§6.1.25et heus tu! †genuarios† a Caesare per Herodem talenta Attica L extorsistis? in quo, ut audio, magnum odium Pompei suscepistis.
And hey, you! Did you extort fifty Attic talents from Caesar through Herod? In which matter, as I hear, you have incurred the great hatred of Pompey.
putat enim suos nummos vos comedisse, Caesarem in Nemore aedificando diligentiorem fore.
For he thinks that you have devoured his money, and that Caesar will be more diligent in building at Nemus.
haec ego ex P. Vedio, magno nebulone sed Pompei tamen familiari, audivi.
I heard this from P. Vedius, a great scoundrel but still an intimate of Pompey.
hic Vedius mihi obviam venit cum duobus essedis et raeda equis iuncta et lectica et familia magna pro qua, si Curio legem pertulerit, HS centenos pendat necesse est.
This Vedius met me with two light carriages, a carriage drawn by horses, a litter, and a large retinue for which, if Curio passes his law, he must pay a hundred sesterces each.
erat praeterea cynocephalus in essedo nec deerant onagri.
There was also a dog-headed baboon in the light carriage, and wild asses were not wanting.
numquam vidi hominem nequiorem.
I never saw a more worthless man.
sed extremum audi.
But hear the end.
deversatus est Laodiceae apud Pompeium Vindullum.
He stayed at Laodicea with Pompey Vindullus.
lbi sua deposuit cum ad me profectus est.
There he left his belongings when he set out to meet me.
moritur interim Vindullus; quae res ad Magnum Pompeium pertinere putabatur.
In the meantime, Vindullus dies; which matter was thought to concern Pompey the Great.
C. Vennonius domum Vindulli venit.
C. Vennonius came to Vindullus's house.
cum omnia obsignaret, in Vedianas res incidit.
When he was sealing up everything, he fell upon Vedius's things.
in his inventae sunt quinque imagunculae matronarum in quibus una sororis amici tui hominis
"bruti"
qui hoc utatur et illius
"lepidi"
qui haec tam neglegenter ferat.
In these were found five miniature portraits of married women, among which was one of the sister of your friend, a "brutus" (stupid man) who would associate with this, and another of that "lepidus" (fine gentleman) who would carry these things about so carelessly.
haec te volui παριστορῆσαι.
I wanted you to know these "by-stories" (παριστορῆσαι).
sumus enim ambo belle curiosi.
For we are both beautifully curious.
§6.1.26unum etiam velim cogites.
There is one more thing I would like you to consider.
audio Appium πρόπυλον Eleusine facere.
I hear that Appius is building a propylaeum (πρόπυλον) at Eleusis.
num inepti fuerimus si nos quoque Academiae fecerimus?
"puto"
inquies. ergo id ipsum scribes ad me.
Would we be foolish if we also built one for the Academy? You will say, "I think so." Therefore, write to me on that very point.
equidem valde ipsas Athenas amo.
For my part, I am very fond of Athens itself.
volo esse aliquod monumentum; odi falsas inscriptiones statuarum alienarum.
I want some monument of mine to be there; I hate the false inscriptions on other people's statues.
sed ut tibi placebit, faciesque me in quem diem Romana incidant mysteria certiorem et quo modo hiemaris.
But as it pleases you, so do, and let me know on what day the Roman mysteries fall, and how you have spent the winter.
cura ut valeas.
Take care of your health.
post Leuctricam pugnam die septingentesimo sexagesimo quinto.
On the 765th day after the Battle of Leuctra.