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Domitium, cuius domum constitutam suisse, unde eruptio fieres; me non nominavit, sed lixit consularem disertum, Vicinum- consulis, sibi dixisse Ahalam Servilium aliquem aut Brutum opus esse reperiri addidit ad extremum, cum iam dimissa con-ctione revocatus a Vatinio suisset, se audisse a Curione his de
rebus conscium esse Pisonem, generum meum, et M. LaterenSCm:
Nunc reus erat apud Crassum Divitem Vettius de vi et, cum clesSet damnatus erat indicium postulaturus quod Si impetrassed iudicia fore videbantur: in nos, utpote qui nihil contemnere
Io SoleamuS no' contemnebar mιS, Sed non pertimescebamus. Momi num quidem Summa erga nos studia Significabantur, Sed prorsus, vitae taedet: sita sunt omnia omnium mi Seriarum Pleni SSima.
Modo caedem timueramus, quam oratio sortissimi Senis, Q. Con-
srom Lepidus to Sextus Pompeius in xB.C. cp. Philipp. 3. 6, 3a asterward joined Sextus, ut finali deserte him.
Subscripserat. Indic. as a remar os Cicero' own. Subscribere in means toactos subordinate accuser, junior Ounselior the prosecution.' r. Tyrreti hinks that the wor is sed of the hie accuseras etl butra thin i is more commonly
L. Domitium. For an account of him,
Eruptio, the attachis Pompey. a. Vicinum. Cicero' hous stoo onthe Palatine se Intr. to Par I goa , and so ould e ea the ossicia residence of Caesar, WhO, a Pontifex maximus, live in the Via Sacra Cp. Suet. Iul. 46. 3. Ahalam Servilium . . Brutum, some ne like Servilius Ahala o Brutus.'C. Servilius Ahala a master of the hors to L. Quinctius Cincinnatus hille Sp. Maelius. Cp. Liv 4. 14. The Brutus referre t isos course the L. Brutus ho expelle thesecond Tarquin. 4. Opus esse reperiri, 4t was destrabieshould e discovered. O the ΟDStr. See Madv. 266 and obs. For the meaning of Dpus esse,' P. p. Io, , note: ip. 9,
5. Revocatus, recalle sor surther examination. Cp. In Vat. II, 26. Vatinio For an account of P. Va
6. Pisonem C. Calpurnius Piso Frugi married Cicero' daughter Tullia in 6 B. C.,
aster a betrotha of our ears se theciose of Ad Att. I. 3, 3. eris osten mentione in connection it Cicero' banishment. p. Intr. p. 22 Epp. 7, 2 18 4. Η was quaestor in 584.C. an apparently die nexi ear besore Cicero' retur stom
exile. M. Laterensem see Ep. II, 2 note.
7. Reus erat. Here erat is the epistolar tense, and the folio in tenses mustbe aliere accordingi in translation. Apud Crassum Divitem This manseem to have been ne of the praetorssor 59 B.C. But accordin to Mommsen Staatsrech a. I, 5 8, the quaestio de vi Was not reside overa a praetor ut bya quaesitor ahenoro among the udges who might e change osten in the ear. Matth say the praenonem of this Crassus was Publius Litti seem to e now of him, excepi that sonae suppos him o have been a Crassus reduced stomareat wealth topoverty See Val. ΜaX. 6. 9, 2. De vi Carrying eapons in a public place seem to have been a violatio of the statutes de vi.' See Smith. Dici of Antiq. p. Iao9 Rein, Criminatrech 734.
Cum esset damnatus, inster Ondemnation. Cum feem here t have early the force of si. 8. Indicium, leave to actis informer.'Forcell. 9. Iudicia, a number os prosecutions.'Io Soleamus, in the present, is a genera remarh. Pertimescebamus 'imperf., as reserring to the time o writing. See
Madv. 345. The S. has solemus, butoreti an Balter both substitute the conj., whic is more in accordance withisage asterutpote qui Pros Tyrreti reads soleremus.' II. Quidem . n the positio of this
ΕΡ. 14. EPISTOLARUM AD ATT. II. 5. 89sidii, discusserat ea, quam quotidie timere potueramus, Subito exorta est. Quid quaeris 3 nihil me infortunatius, nihil fortu
natius est Catulo, cum splendore vitae ' tum hoc tempore. Nos tamen in his miseriis erecto animo et minime perturbat Sum US, honestissimeque dignitatem noStram et magna cura tuemur. Οm 55 peius de Clodio iubet nos esse sine cura et Summam in OS benevolentiam omni oratione significat Te habere consiliorum auctorem, Sollicitudinum Socium, omni in cogitatione coniunctum cupio qua re, ut umeStio mandavi tecum ut ageret, item atque eo si potest acrius te rogo, ut plane ad OS adVOleS respiraro, Si to
tion HortenSius, o the contrary, was mos eloquent in Prais os me he hespoke of the praetorshimos Flaccus. Pleas let hi know What Pthin of his speech. I expect)ou soon, and am anxious for our support. y perSona proSpeci are pretiy good the common ealthri in a desperate position, and thoS Who have rumedit are thoroughi detested.
CICERO ATTICO SAL. Cum aliquem apud te laudaro tuorum familiarium, volam illum scire e te me id fecisse, ut nuper me Sci ScripSiSSe ad te de Varronis erga me ossicio, te ad me reScripSiSSe eam rem
Caedem, a massacre, lihe hos os Marius and Sulla. To explain ea. Omewor suggeste by caedes must e uinplied. The context seems to require Vanger.' Such a case os Zeugma is no vnnatura in
Q. Considii. Q. Considius Gallus
reproache Caesar in the senate illi his violent proceedings, an Caesar apparently bellave wit more moderation aster ards. CP. Plut Caes. I . Verre rejecte Considius as a udge. In Verr. ACt. 2. I. 7, 8. . I. Discusserat, dispellexour ear os,' tot rixos. Forceli. The best S. has apparentin ea inquam. Wesenb. suspecis that the in is inquam conceat a substantive, hicli a refer to pio sor assassination, contrasted, t the massacre caedes, besore reserre to aspossibie. 3. Catulo. Catulus ted 6 B.C. p. Ad Att. I. o, 3. Tum hoc tempore. c. ' mortis, in hau in die when e id. Oreli suggesis
tum quod tempore, Sc. opportuno mortem obiit. Boot after Lambinus, hortis tempore. Cp. De Orat. 3. 3, a. 9. Tecum ut ageret: P. P. 5, 8, note, o P. 38. Item 'again,' in like manner. IO. O. . acrius, Willi more vehemencestili, is possibie.'I3. Me . . scripsisse: p. Varro mihi satis iacit Ad Att. 2. I, 6. I . Varronis Terentius Varro, the
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no tenemus praeceptum illud, τα τῶν κρατosντων. At hercule alter tuus familiaris, Hortalus, quam plena manu, quam ingenue 5
quam ornate nostras laudes in astra sustulit, cum de Flacci praetura et de illo tempore Allobrogum diceret sic habeto, ne amantius nec honorificentius nec copiosius potuisse dici ei te 2 hoc scribere a me tibi esse missum sane volo. Sed quid tu, scribas quem iam ego venire atque adesse arbitror ita enim Ioegi tecum superioribus litteris. Valde te eXSpecto, Valde deSidero, neque ego magi S, quam ipsa res et tempus poscit. His de negotiis
quid scribam ad te, nisi idem, quod saepe re publica nihil
desperatiuS iis, quorum opera, nihil maiore odio: OS, Ut Pinlinet spes et coniectura nostra fert, firmissima benevolentia O i5minum muniti sumus Qua re advola aut X pedi e nos omni molestia aut eris particeps Ideo sum brevior, quod, ut Pero,
celebrate antiquary author amongst therworks of the treatises De Re Rustica, and De Lingua Latina. For ther notices of
2. Non quo . . faceret, no that hereali didrio, but that he might.' Quo in quia. O it force illi the conj. See Madv. 357 b. Obs. I introduces a reason
3. Moratus est Elther rom moror, he has interposed strange delaysror stom mos, he is stranget constituted. Cp. De Part. Orat. 23 82. The passage whichfollows means, whos thoughis are alicrooked, and not honest o straightsor-ward.' It is stomauripides, who Androm.
4. Nos tenemus, Premember. Forceli. τας τῶν κρατουντων ἁμαθία φερειν χρεων. ur Phoen. 393. The connection
o this passage with what oes besore, maybe that Cicero, as unwillinxto offend Varroas a frien os Pompey. The masters areno doub Pompe an Caesar. 5. Hortalus in Hortensius P see p. 6,
uam plena manu. ho liberali με copiose, large. FOrcell. 6. Cum . . diceret, 'in speahing boui. See Madv. 358, Obs. 4. Flacci L. Valerius Flaccus a praetori 6 B.C., an aster ard governe Asia. On his return to Rome he was accuse of extortio by D. Laelius, an defende byCicero and Hortensius in 59 B.C. Mucii os Cicero' speech is extant. The raises forwhic Cicero is o gratesul to Hortensius very lihely formed par of the lalter' speechon the tria o Flaccus o the services os
Flaccus, a praetor, against Catiline' accominplices, and o the intrigues of the lalter ithenvoys of the Allobroges, P. In Cat. 3. 3, 3;Sall. Cat. 45. O the Allobroges, P. P.
7. Sic habeto, b assure of this: a
no uncommon se of the word in Cicero.
Cp. De Rep. 6. 24, 26. The solio ing
clause supplies the place os an accusative.
sent ou this message. 9. Missum, nuntiatum.' p. ad me mittunt Ad Att. a. 2, 3. Io. Quem . . arbitror, Who, I sup-POse, are atready onaour Way, and at hand. Ia Ipsa res et tempus, the state f
assair in iiset at the present crisis. His de negotiis, about the state of things here, at Rome.
I . Iis. Probabi Caesar an Pompey
Quorum opera, sc. iactum est ut nihil esset desperatius
coram brevi tempore conferre quae volumus icebit Cura ut
consuis, tribunes, an praetor elected sor nexi ea Seem, o the whole, very wel di poseda me; o domo despond. I. Conferre quae volumus, to discus together What, ch se. Forcell.
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Statius ad me venit a. d. VIII K. Novembr. Eius adventu S, quod alta scripsisti, direptum iri te a tuis, dum is abesset, moleStu mihi fuit quod autem eXspectationem Sui concurSumque Cum qui erat laturus, Si una tecum decederet neque antea Visu eSSet, uStuli 5 id mihi non incommode visum est accidisse: XhauStus Si enim Sermo hominum et multae emissae iam eius modi Voces αλ αμ τινα φῶτα μέγαν quae te absente consecta esse laetor uossa autem idcirco a te missus est, mihi ut se purgaret, id nec CSSO minime fuit primum enim numquam ille mihi sui suspecturui neque ego, quae ad te de illo scripsi, scripsi meo iudicio, sed cun ratio salusque omnium nostrum, qui ad rem publicam accedimu S, non veritate solum, sed etiam fama niteretur, Sermone ad toaliorum Semper, non mea iudicia perscripsi; qui quidem quan. frequentes SSent et quam graves, adventu Suo StatiuS PS COI-15 novit etenim intervenit non nullorum querelis, quae apud mode illo ipso habebantur, et sentire potuit sermone iniquorum I Suum potissimum nomen erumpere Quod autem me maXim 3 movere solebat, cum audiebam illum plus apud te POS se, quam- gravitas istius aetatis, imperii prudentia postularet-quam multoria enim mecum egisse putas, ut se Statio commendarem' quam multa autem ipsum ἀσφαλῶς mecum in Sermone ita ProtuliSSex. Statius : see Ep. 2. I, Ole. 2. Direptum iri, Wouldie plundered, by the wastesuines an peculatio of his other attendantS. 3. Exspectationem sui, the expectationis his return, which was ut hort byhis sudden appearance. The S. has aui,'whic might mean the expectation os See-ing ou enter Rome withraim.'Erat futurus. For his se of the impers ind. se Madv. 348 a. 4. Decederet, test the province.' p. Pro Muren. 8, 37. 5. Exhaustus . . sermo, seople' gossimis sed umon the subjeci. 6. ἀλλ' αδε τινα φωτα μεγαν κώκαλὸν ἐδεγuην. Hom. Od. . I 3. be Ord are sed by Polyphemus of the appearance of lysses. ere the refer lothe insignificant aspectis Quintus favourite. 7. Quae te absente Confecta . . laetor, and Dam ad this at has been brought to an end e re our return.' Confectus finitus. Forcell. Qi1od autem . . fuit: See Ep. Io, 4,
II. Ratio salusque, the interes and sasely. For this sense of ratio, See p. I, I, Ole, O P. 6 ebI2. Niteretur, depend upon tol-lows the tense of perscripsi. See Madv. 383, ObS. I. I 5. Intervenit . . querelis, he was himself,itnes of the complaints of omepeople. Forceli gives adesse, interesseas equivalent of the verb. Querelis, dat See Madv. 245 a. I7. Quod autem : an anacoluthon. Id wouldae more natural Billerb. The brealain the construction begin aster postularet. Foris omewhat similar anacoluthon, P. In Cat. a. 6, I a. eseiab. hinks that an apodosis is implied in materiam . . dedisse,' a though Cicero ad intende to rite quod autem . . id sui quod materiam Statius dedit. a I dcyς αλως terhaps unsuspectingly. Ita protulisse. Baiter' suggestion:
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id mihi non placuit monui, suasi, deterrui λ' quibus in rebus etiamsi fidelitas summa est, quod prorsus credo, quoniam tu ita iudicas, tamen species ipsa tam gratiosi liberti aut servi dignitatem habere nullam potest Atque hoc sic habeto-nihil enim
nec teniere dicere nec astute reticere debeo- materiam omnem
Sermonum eorum, qui de te detrahere vellent, Statium dedisse antea tantum intellegi potuisse, iratos tuae severitati esse nonnullos, hoc manumisso iratis quod loquerentur non desu 1SSe. II. Nunc respondebo ad eas epistolas, quas mihi reddidit L. Caesius, cui, quoniam ita te velle intellego, nullo loco deeros quarum altera est de Blaudeno Zeuxide, quem scribis certissimum matricidam tibi a me intime commendari. Qua de re et de hoc genere toto, ne sorte me in Graecos tam ambitiosum actum esse mirere, pauca cognosce. Ego cum Graecorum querelas nimium valere sentirem propter hominum ingenia ad sallendum parata, quOS- cumque de te queri audivi quacumque potui ratione placavi. Primum Dionysopolitas qui erant inimicissimi lenivi, quorum Principem Hermippum non solum sermone meo, sed etiam amiliaritate devinxi ego Apamensem Hephaestum, ego levissimum hominem, Megaristum Antandrium, ego Niciam Smyrnaeum, ego
to have sed expression like these. Ille M S hac potuisse,' sc dicere.' I. Id mihi . . deterrui. Expressionsos Statius quoted. Quibus in rebus, in hic bellaviouro expression even is used wit the ulmost fidelity. a. tiamsi is sollowed by the indici isthe condition e no expressi negatived, se Madv. 36I. Obs. a. Quoniam tu ita iudicas. uintus reser to the fidelit of Statius Ad Fam. 6.
9. L. Caesius, agent os in Cicero, and mentione Ad in F. I. I, 4. IO. Nullo loco, o no occasion. It Seem a rare se of the word. II. lauden o. Probabi Mos Blaudus, a town ear Ancyra, in Phrygia. foliis Zeuxis nothin more seem to e nown. The termination enus ' recur osten in adjective formed rom the ames of owns tolli eas of the Aegean. p. Abydenus, Lampsacenus, Hypaepenus. Ia. Intime, cordially, earnestly,' rare meaning of the word. De hoc genere toto, in his holesubject of m relations it the Greelas. Genus in res. Forcell. I 3. Ambitiosum, anxioussor the good opinion of Forceli. MetZg. I . Nimium valere, 'have o muchweight a Rome.'I7. Dionysopolitas. Dionysopolis mas ato mos Phrygia in the conventus of Apamea; sor a notice of the lalter place See Ep. a. a. note. The Greelis hos names are ound in his passage, are Dot, apparently men tioned else here. 18. Familiaritate, by admitting him to intimacy. I9. Devinxi, place unde an obligation. ao Antandrium Antandros mas a coastlow of Asia Minor, opposite Lesbos.
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nugas maXima omni mea comitate compleXus sum, Nymphonte etiam Colophonium : quae feci omnia, non quo me aut hi hominem aut tota natio delectaret-pertaesum est levitatis, adsentationi animorum non ossiciis, Sed temporibus servientium-, sed, ut ad G
ZeuXim revertar, cum is de M. Cascelli sermone secum habito quae tu Scribis, ea ipsa loqueretur, obstiti eius sermoni et homi nem in lamiliaritatem recepi Tua autem quae fuerit cupiditas tanta, neScio, quod Scribis cupisse te, quoniam Smyrnae duos Mysos insuisses in culeum, Simile in Superiore parte provinciae I edere Xemplum severitati tuae et idcirco Zeuxim elicere omni ratione Voluisse, quem adductum in iudicium fortasse dimitti non Oportuerat, conquiri vero et elici blanditiis, ut tu scribis, ad iudicium necesse non fuit, eum praesertim hominem, quem ego et e suis civibus et e multis aliis quotidie magis cognosco is nobiliorem esse prope quam civitatem suam. At enim Graecis 6
solis indulgeo.' Quis L. Caecilium nonne omni ratione placavi pquem hominem P qua ira quo spiritu quem denique praeter
TU Scenium, cuius causa sanari non potest, non mitigavi Ecce. Supra caput homo levis ac SordiduS, Sed tamen equeStri censu,
I. Nugas maximas, the most orth-les creatures Cp. amicos habet meras
nugas Ad Att. 6. 3, 5. Se to Nagelsb.
us of the ver feem Common. a. Non quo . . delectaret: p. p. o, note on l. 2. There areis corresponding ord here to non quo.
3. Levitatis Cp. Ep. 8, I, Ole. 4. Non officiis servientium, ,ho regar in thei attentions people' Cir Cumstances, ather than the laim o good services done by them. Sed resumptive Cp. EP. 23, 2. 5. M. Cascellius seem to have been amerchant of Asia The conversation re
6. Quae rim scribis . . loqueretur, lega torial a Rome justos ne mighteXpect rom our letter. Reporte thevery threat mentione in Our lette to me. In substance, Tyrr. 7. Quae fuerit cupiditas . . nescio, I now o homi account for suc Passion ascis hewn in your,riting.'9. Insuisses in culeum. Reserring to the well-known punishment of parricides. Cp. Pro Rosc. Am. 25, 26 Iuv. 8, 2I . Superiore parte, Vin the upper, o in-land par of your province. Io. licere, to invetgle, Domin placewhereae a in asely.
II. Quem adductum . . oportuerat,
oportuerat, se ΕP. 4, I, note. 15. Nobiliorem quam civitatem suam. more famous than his native town,'
perhaps ironicat. Pros Tyrret suggesis
At enim, but ou ill say. Thisphrase, introducin an objection, is requent
I 6. L. Caecilium P. Sulla haxa halse
brother ame L. Caecilius Rusus 'ut theman here mentione Was more probabi a Roman trader of hom nothin eis is
I 7. Praeter Tuscenium. Tusceniuslia apparently been atready puniastic insome a b in Cicero. p. Ad in F. I.
I, 9. I 8. Cuius causa sanari non potest, ,hos case is past reviedy.' I9. Supra caput, troubles, O threatens.
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Catienui etiam is lenietur cuius tu in patrem quod suisti asperior, non reprehendo certo enim Scio te sectSSe cum causa; sed
quid opus fuit eius modi litteris, quas ad ipsum misisti Illum
crucem sibi ipsum constituere, ecqua tu eum ante detraXiSSes;
te curaturum, sumo ut combureretur, plaudente tota provincia is Quid vero ad C. Fabium nescio quem Θ-nam eam quoque Pi- Stolam T. Catienus circumgestat- renuntiari tibi Licinium plagiarium cum suo pullo miluino tributa Xigere Deinde rogas Fabium, ut et patrem et filium vivos comburat, si poSSit si minus ad te mittat, uti iudicio comburantur. Ea litterae ab iote per iocum missae ad C. Fabium, Si modo Sunt tuae, cum leguntur, invidiosam atrocitatem Verborum habent ac Si omnium mearum praecepta litterarum repetes, intellege esse nihil a me nisi orationis acerbitatem et iracundiam et, si sorte, raro litterarum missarum indiligentiam reprehenSam; quibus quidem in is rebus si apud te plus auctorita mea quam tua iUe natura paulo acrior sive quaedam dulcedo iracundiae sive dicendi sal sacetiaeque valuissent, nihil Sane SSet, quod OS Poeniteret . . Et mediocri me dolore putas adfici, cum audiam, qua Sit existi-
Cat. dux hostium cum exercitu supra caput est. Pro f. Tyrrei remarks that hephras is sed by Liv an Sallust, ut notelsewherei Cicero. I. Catienus seem oni tote mentionedin his letter. 3. Ad ipsum the younger Catienus probably. . X qua . . detraxisses. Perhapsin Cicero had assed ver ome offence of the younge Catienus, and describe his service in these exaggerate ternas. The sono a man os equestria sortune an ardlyhave reatly been in ange os crucifixion, except rom a governor like Verres. 5. Fumo ut combureretur, shouldb stissed illi molae. Cp. Lamprid. in Alex. Seu 36 sor a description of the punishmenta ut eseiab. quotes Plaut. Curc. I. I, 54, fumo comburi nihil potest, and suggest ' in fumo, quotin Ursinius for
7. Licinium plagiarium. Thisman's
Plagiarius means a idnapper, an is sed by the writer o law, though apparenti notb Cicero, excepi in this passage. 8. Cum suo pullo miluino. with his litti kite, i .e his son apparent ly or, asManutius thinks, a lave. Tributa exigere These Word probabi mean, cis collecting taxes i.e. 'evyingcontributions, withon an ossiciat authority. Io Iudicio ' aster a legat triat, accord- in to law. O the abi. See Ep. 4, a,
Ia Invidiosam atrocitatem verborum, an odious harshness, o ferocity, of
I . Si forte, raro . . indiligentiam, and it a be occasionali hastines in your correspondence. Pros Tyrrei renders caretessness hewn in neglectin to rite osten enough. Indiligentia ' seem no to cur elsewhere in Cicero. Forcell. I7. Sal facetiaeque Fro Cic. orat. 26 it appears that sat was the more gen ra terna, and comprehende both Iacetiae, elegant and amusing stories, and dicta, bonmois Cp. p. 43. note On l. 4. I9. Cum audiam 'on earing. Cp.
quis non cum haec videat irriserit Τ' De
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matione Vergilius, qua tuus vicinus C. Octavius nam Si te interioribus vicinis tuis, Ciliciens et Syriaco, anteponiS, Ialde
magnum lacis atque is dolor est, quod cum ii, quo nommaVi, te innocentia non vincant, vincunt tamen artificio benevolentiae colligendae, qui neque Cyrum Xenophontis neque Agesilaum O- verint quorum regum summo imperio nemo umquam Verbum ullum asperius audiUit.
III Sed haec a principio tibi praecipien quantum Prosecerim, non ignoro nunc tamen decedens, id quod mihi iam facere videris,
1 relinque quaeso quam iucundisSimam memoriam tui Successorem habes perblandum cetera valde illius adventu tua requirentur.
In litteris mittendis, ι saepe ad te scripsi, nimium te Xorabilem praebuisti: tolle omnes, Si potes, iniquas, tolle inusitatas, tolle contrarias Statius mihi narravit scriptas ad te olere adferri, ab
C. Octavius see Ep. 9, 2, Ole. a. Interioribus, further u the ouu-
try surther ast. The overnor of Syria at this time vias ither L. Marcius Philippus o Cn. Lentulus Marcellinus. Cp. App. Syr.5I The overnor o Cilicia a perhaps
6 B.C. Cp. A., Zumpi, Studia Romana 63. Valde magnum facis that is a great dea to boas Oft ironicat. 3. Is dolor . . vincunt . I am indignant at thei surpassing ou. Cp. Madv. for the disserence of quod',it the indic. sto the accus and ins. 398 a. b. 4. Artificio . . colligendae, skill inwinning good-wili.' ' Colligere in comparare. Forcell. 5. Qui, though they. See p. 6, 3, note. Quintus, it is implied was familiarwit the work of Xenophon. 6. Quorum . . imperio, 'DO Whom. though both aings illi absolute Ower. o the abi. see p. 6, 2, Ole. O P. 43. The reserence is to the work of Xenophon bearing the tities Cyropaedia an Agesilaus..8. Quantum perhaps ho littiel. Cp in scobe quantus Consistit sumtus
Hor Sati . . . I, and a Some maintain, quanti sua funera vendant
quantuscumque, Philipp. I. Q. AE ut
Pros Tyrrei thinks that Cicero here resersto the ea merit of his brother' administration an understand 'quantum in the
2. In litteris . . praebuisti. in issuingrescripis, o perhaps, a Pros Tyrrei says. requisitionar letters of whicli that to the agent of L. Flavius mentione belowri Io, may be a sample, bou have hown yourseis
but that hesore hecioined o there a nosistin of them that this caretessness ad given in to the collections of selec coris respondence hic Mere so much criticised. Scriptas. ab iis qui eas a Quinto petivissent, by the petitioners themselves. Manut. presume that those ho ere aggrieved by Cicero' conduci collecte an circu
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se legi, et, si iniquae sint, fieri te certiorem antequam vero ipse ad te venisset, nullum delectum litterarum suisse e eo esse Volumina selectarum epistolarum, quae reprehendi Solerent. Hoc de genere nihil te nunc quidem moneori Sero Si enim ac Scire
potes multa me varie diligenterque monuisse illud tamen, quod
Theopompo mandavi, cum SSem admonitu ab PSO, Vide pes homines amantes tui, quod est sacile, ut haec genera tollantur epiStolarum, primum iniquarum, deinde contrariarum, tum absurde et inusitate scriptarum, postremo in aliquem contumelioSarum. Atque ego haec tam eSSe, quam audio, non Puto, et, Si Sunt occu Iopationibus tuis minus animadversa, nunc PerSpice et purga. Legi epistolam quam ipse scripSiSse Sulla nomenclator dictu est, non
1 probandam ; legi non nullas iracundas Sed tempore ipso de epistolis: nam cum hanc paginam tenerem, L. Flavius, praetor designatus, ad me venit, homo mihi valde familiaris. Is mihi, te is ad procuratores suos littera misisse, quae mihi visae sunt iniquissimae, ne quid de bonis, quae L. Octavi Nasonis suissent, cui
late such of his rescript as ere Ostlihelyrio mali him npopular. I. Sint . esenb suggest essent a required by the following tenses. 3. Hoc de gener : se note of this letter. F. Varie, multis de rebus.' manui. Illud tamen refers to ha solio s. See Ep. 5, 9, Ute. 6. Theopompus seem to have beenone of the retinue ossi Cicero. Vide per homines . . ut tollantur, tali care that an friend of ours, homa meet it such letters destro them,' that an men in hos friendshipso cancount destro them. Manutius thinks that tollantur means te discontinued.' 8. Absurde, perii. in ad aste. Io. Haec tam esse quam audio, that
there are so an saviis of this in a Ihear. Pros Tyrret has that these aulis exist to suci a degree. Oreli. oes notthin the insertis of any Ord neceSSary. occupationibus tuis, 'b reason fyour occupations.' e might expect the insertio os prae, butip. Gallicanis legionibus In Cat. I. 3, 5 accordin to Ome editions See also adv. 255. II. Perspice et purga, loo throughan fili. II. Ipse supp. without Our readincit,' or, Perhaps, as Schlltc suggests, withoutyour dictatiniit. Quintus mus have sealed the letter ascit a brought to him. Sulla. Not mentione else here Per-haps a laeedman of the Sulla family though
it Was o usual o Deedmen to assume thecognomen of thei patronus. Nomenclator. An attendant, hose
busines it was to teli his master the names of men ho ere approaching, a theywaiked in the street together. he Services of suc an attendant ere speciallyusefula candidates for public offices o theircanuass. Cp. Pro Muren. 36, 77. I 3. Tempore ipso de epistolis, I as ritin about our letters at a very opportune time. O the ellipse, se ΕP. 9,
14. Cum . . tenerem, ,hile I heldthis ver page,' was ritin these very
L. Flavius. Perhaps the tribune sor6I-6 B.C. Who brought sorwar anagraria la in Pompey' interest, and ad the consul Metellus Celer arreste sor in
I7. . octavius Naso is no mentionedelse here. Η seem to have die in Asia, leavin Flavius his heir; ho would naturali Mis to convert the iuberitance to
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matione Vergilius, qua tuus vicinus C. Octavius nam si te interioribus vicinis tuis, Ciliciens et Syriaco, anteponis, Ialde
magnum lacis atque is dolor est, quod cum ii, quo nominaVi, te innocentia non vincant, vincunt tamen artificio benevolentiae colligendae, qui neque Cyrum Xenophonti neque Agesilaum O-
Verint quorum regum Summo im Peri nem umquam Verbum ullum asperius audi Uit.
III. Sed haec a principio tibi praecipiens quantum Profecerim, non ignoro nunc tamen decedens, id quod mihi iam facere videris,
1 relinque quaeso quam iucundissimam memoriam tui Successorem
habes perblandum cetera valde illius adventu tua requirentur. In litteris mittendis, tot saepe ad te scripsi, nimium te Xorabilem praebuisti: tolle omnes, Si potes, iniquas, tolle inusitatas, tolle contrarias Statius mihi narravit scriptas ad te olere adferri, ab
Legg. a. I. a. Is it meant ,heneve Ιheare the indic. ould probabi be sed. Me MadV. 350. I. Vergilius C. Vergilius a propraetor of Sicil in 59-58 B.C. e was a laten o Cicero, ut dare no osse an asylum to imas an exile se Pro Planc. 4o . Vergilius serve aster ard against Caesar in Africa Beli. Asric 28 .
C. Octavius see Ep. 9, 2, Ote. a. Interioribus, further u the coun-
try further ast. The overnor of Syria at this time as ither L. Marcius Philippus o Cn. Lentulus Marcellinus. p. App. Syr.5 I. The overnor o Cilicia a perhaps T. Ampius Balbus cp. Ad Fam. I. 3, a , perhaps M. Pupius Piso consul for6 B.C. Cp. A., Zumpi, Studia Romana 63 Valde magnum facis that is a great dea to boas Oft ironicat. 3. Is dolor . . vincunt, I am indignant at thei surpassing ou. Cp. Madv. for the disserence of quod',it the indic. sto the accus an inf. 398 a. b. 4. Artificio . . colligendae, shil inwinning good-wili.' ' Colligere' - comparare. Forcell.
5. Qui, though they. See p. 6, 3,
note. Quintus, it is implied was familiarwit the work of Xenophon. 6. Quorum . . imperio, 'DOm WhOm. though both ings illi absolute Ower.'o the abi. see Ep. 6, a note O P. 43. The reserenceris to the work of Xenophon bearing the tities Cyropaedia and Agesilaus. 8. Quantum perhaps ho littiel Cp. 'in scobe quantus Consistit sumtus
Hor Sati . . . I, and a Some maintain,
quanti sua funera vendant Quid refert.'-Iuv. Sat. 8 92, 3. Cp. also r. ing's note o the se of quantuscumque, Philipp. . . . ut Pros Tyrrei thinks that Cicero here refers to the rea merit of his brother' administratio an understand 'quantum in the
Io. Successorem. It is notanown who succeeded in Cicero in his province. II. Per blandum. A rare ord See Liv a 3. I . Cetera . . requirentur, your ther
qualities ill e much misse on his ar- rival. Ora the abi. adventu, see Ep. 8, II,
2. In litteris . . praebuisti. in issuingrescripis, o perhaps, a Pros Tyrrei says. requisitionar letters ' of whicli that to the agent of L. Flavius mentione below oo, may be a ample, bou have hown yourself
but thalaesore hecioined o there a nosistin of them that this caretessnes hadgivenain to the collections of select Or- respondenc Which were so much criticised. Scriptas. ab iis qui eas a Quinto petivissent. by the petitioners themselves. Manut. presume that those ho ere aggrieved by in Cicero' conduci collecte an circu-
se legi, et, si iniquae Sint fieri te certiorem antequam vero ipse ad te venisset, nullum delectum litterarum suisse e eo esse Volumina selectarum epiStolarum, quae reprehendi solerent. Hoc de genere nihil te nunc quidem moneo Sero Si enim ac Scire potes multa me varie diligenterque monuisse illud tamen, quod 5Theopompo mandavi, cum SSem admonitu ab ipso, Vide per homines amantes tui, quod est acile, ut haec genera tollantur epistolarum, primum iniquarum, deinde contrariarum, tum absurde et inusitate scriptarum, postremo in aliquem contumeli OSarum. Atque ego haec tam SSe, quam audio, non Puto, et, Si Sunt occu Iopationibus tuis minus animadversa, nunc perspice et purga. Legi epistolam quam ipse ScripSiSSe Sulla nomenclator dictus est, non1o probandam ; legi non nullas iracundas. Sed tempore ipso de epistolis: nam cum hanc paginam tenerem, L. Flavius, praetor designatus, ad me venit, homo mihi valde familiaris. Is mihi, te. is ad procuratores suo litteras misisse, quae mihi visae sunt iniquissimae, ne quid de bonis, quae L. Octavi Nasonis fuissent, cui
Ialed auch of his rescript rus ere mostlihel to mali him npopular. I. Sint . esenb suggesis essent a required by the folio in tenses. 3. Hoc de gener : se note of this letter. s. Varie in multis de rebus.' manui. Illud tamen aeser clo What solio s. See Ep. , 9, Ole. 6. Theopompus seem to have beenone of the retinue os in Cicero. Vide per homines . . ut tollantur, tali care that an friend of ours, homa meet it such letters destro them,' that an men on hos friendshipso cancount destro them. Manutius thinks that tollantur means be discontinued.' 8. Absurde, perii. in ad aste. Io. Haec tam esse quam audio, that there are so many fauits of this in a Ihear. Pros Tyrret has that these aulis exist o suc a degree. Oreli. oes notthin the insertionis an wor necessary. occupationibus tuis, 'b reason fyour occupations.' e might expect the insertio os prae, but cp. Gallicanis legionibus In Cat. a. 3, 5 accordin to Ome editions See also Madv. 255.
II. Perspice et purga, 'look throughan sist. II. Ipse, Supp. without mur readincit,' or, Perhaps, as Schlltc suggesis, Withoutyour dictatiniit. Quintus mus have sealed the letter ascit asarought to him. Sulla. Not mentione else here Per-haps a reedman of the Sulla family thoughit a no usual o Deedmen to assume thecognomen of thei Patronus. Nomenclator. An attendant, hose
busines it was to teli his master the names of men ho ere approaching, a theywaiked in the street together. The Services of suc an attendant ere speciallyusefula candidates sor public ossices o theircanuass. Cp. Pro Muren. 36, 77.13. Tempore ipso de epistolis, IWas ritin about our letters at a very opportune time. O the ellipse, see Ep. 9,
I . Cum . . tenerem, while I heldthis ver page,' was ritin these very
L. Flavius. Perhaps the tribune sor6I-6 B.C. Who brought sorwar anagraria la in Ompey' interest, and ad the consul Metellus Celer arreste sor in
I7. . octavius Naso is no mentionedelse here. Η seem to have die in Asia, leavin Flavius his heir; ho ould naturali Wis to convert the inheritanc into
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L. Flavius heres est, deminuerent ante, quam C. Fundanio Pecumniam solvissent itemque misisse ad Apollonidenses, ne de bonis, uuae Octavii suissent, deminui paterentur prius, quam Funclamo- debitum solutum esset Haec mihi veri similia non videntur; Sunt enim a prudentia tua remotissima. Ne deminuat hereS8 Quid si infitiatur quid si omnino non debet' quid' praetor Solet iudicare deberi Quid ego Fundanio non cupio non amicuS sumo non misericordia moveor Nemo magis sed vi iuri eius. modi est quibusdam in rebus, ut nihil sit loci gratiae. Atque itato mihi dicebat Flavius scriptum in ea epistola, quam tuam esse dicebat te aut quasi amicis tuis gratias acturum aut quaSi immicis incommoda adlaturum. Quid multa Ferebat graviter, et
vehementer mecum querebatur orabatque, ut ad te quam diligentissime scriberem quod facio et te prorsus vehementer etiam
et atque etiam rogo, ut et procuratoribus Flavii remittas de demonuendo et Apollonidensibus ne quid perscribas, quod contra, Flavium sit, amplius. Et Flavii causa et scilicet Pompeii acies omnia. Nolo medius fidius ex tua iniuria in illum tibi liberalem
nare. Forcell. Cp. Pro Sulla I, 2. C. Fundanius may perhapsae identified with a Roman knight ho deserte to Caesar in the second Spanis War. p. Beli. Hisp. II. e seem to have ad claims against the estate os octavius, an to have prevallexo in Cicero to intersere it theordinar course of law on his ehalf. a. Apollonidenses Apollonis as atoWn o Mysia, bout o miles homPHrgamum, an a far rom Sardis Cp. Pro
6. Quid si infitiatur, What is Flavius dentes the debl. .
Praetor More correcti propraetor. But Verres is callex praetor In Verr Act. I. I. 2, 34, and 2. II, 3I; p. also p. 36. I. The prope course a for themagistrate or governor praetor o propraetor to a down the law, an to nam a judg or udges t try the question os laci; not so the magistrate 'iudicare' to trythe question os fac a Q. Cicero ad done. Se the secondiassage quote above. 7. go . . non cupio, do I not ishFundanius eli 3 See Madv. 24 a. 8. Vis he est S. has via,' hichmight mean course, method. Cp. ' non tam iustitiae quam litigandi tradunt vias De Legg. I. 6. 8.
o. Ita . . scriptum. C. MesSe.
II. e aut . . aut foli., that accordingto their the procuratores' bellaviour in this matteroo would rea thema hiends
Ia Ferebat graviter, he ook it ili. Ferre graviter is more commoni sollowed by an accusative o by a sentence, but theellipse is no vnnatura in a letter. I 3. Diligentissime, as earnesti aspossibie. Forcell. 15. Remittas 'malae a concession Ο, withdraw ou prohibition. The ver is used in a simila sense with aliquid, Philipp. I. 5. a. p. ac Ann. Remisit Caesar adroganti moderatione. I 6. Per scribas. The S. M. has pre- scribas for praescribas, dictate,' hichPros. yrret reads. 17. Scilicet, assuredly. p. Εp. Ia, . Facies omnia, mali ali these concessions. For his use of the ut ind. Cp. p. II, 3 note Flavius as a politica stiend
ΕΡ. 15. EPISTOLARUM AD QUINT FRAT. V. .
me videri, sed te oro, ut tu ipse auctoritatem et monumentum aliquod decreti aut litterarum tuarum relinquas, quod sit ad Flavii rem et ad causam accommodatum fert enim graviter homo et mei observantissimus et sui iuris dignitatisque retinens se apud te neque amicitia nec iure valuisse ; et, ut opinor, Flavii aliquandoctrem et Pompeius et Caesar tibi commendarunt, et ipse ad te ScriPSerat Flavius et ego certe. Qua re si ulla res est, quam tibi me petente aciendam putes, haec ea sit. Si me amaS, cura elabora, perfice, ut Flavius et tibi et mihi quam maximas gratias agat hoc te ita rogo, ut maiore studio rogare non POSSim. Io1 IV. Quod ad me de Hermia scribis, mihi mehercule valde molestum fuit. Litteras ad te parum fraterne scripseram muRS oratione Diodoti, Luculli liberti, commotus, de pactione statim quod audieram, iracundius scripseram et revocare cupiebam huice 13 tu epiStolae non fraterne scriptae fraterne debes ignoscere. De 5 Censorino, Antonio, Cassii Scaevola, te ab iis diligi, ut scribis, vehementer gaudeo. Cetera fuerunt in eadem epistola graviora, quam Uellem Oρθαν τοι ναυν et απαξ θανειν. maiora ista erunt:
Medius fidius, in ita me deus fidius adiuvet. The word ' deus fidius lare varioustyexplainexas equivalent to Ζευς στιος thego os good faith dius filius, Hercules orSancus see umpi, L. G. 36I, notex; and
per divi fidem. Paul. Diac. p. FeStUm. p. I 47. Mulier. On the acc an infin after volo,' cupio, etc.. se Madv. 389 ObS. 4. I. Auctoritatem, an ossicia declaration. Cp. In Verr Act. 2, 3. 62, I 6. Monumentum, record. On the gen. decreti, see Ep. Io, a note Ou p. 75. a. Relinquas . empus enim discessionis appropinquabat Manut. Quod sit . . accommodatum, stamedi promote the causerand interest o Flavius. O the conj. sit,' see Ep. 5, 8, Ole. 4. Retinens, tenacious f.' agelsb. 72, 96. On the en. See Madv. 289 a, and p. lavitae nobilitatis inter angustias fortunae retinens Tac Ann. a. 38. Se . . valuisse, that either regard
sororiendshi nor regar sor justice re- valle withoo on his behalf. 5. Iure. Cum iudicare praetor non debueris Manut. 8. labora. Wit perfice this ordma mean, bring it to pas by yOur exer-
II. Hermia apparenti a lave o M. Cicero. Cp. p. 53, 1. I 3. Diodoti Diodotus seem notrio bementione else here. Pactione. What Cicero here reser tois notanown. Manut. say inter Graecos et publicanos facta, an cites Ad PF. I.
Statim quod ' immediatel aster. Cp. inde quod Ter Heaut. I. I, 2 an ' tertius dies est quod Plin. Epp. 4 27. I 5. De Censorino. The man here mentione may have been L. Marcius CensOrinus, Praetor 3 B. C., an an adherent of M. Antonius. He is osten notice in the
Philippics. p. Philipp. II. 5. II. I , 36; 2 8. o. It is uncertain ho ereth Cassii and Antonius here mentioned. I 6. Scaevola. Q. Mucius in . in . Scaevola, tribune in 55-54 B.C., opposed theclaim o C. Pomptinus to a triumph cp. Ad Att. 4. I 6 Ia . e Was legat to Appius Claudius in Cilicia cp. Ad Fam. 3. 5 5 .an Caesar seem to have counte on his support Ep. 62, 3 in the senat in B.C. I7. Graviora. more serious. ProfTyrrei says ' more strongi expresse thau I could have ished.
ὀρθον, translate is Seneca, P. Mor. 85
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meae obiurgationes fuerunt amoris plenissimae quae Sunt nonnulla, sed tamen mediocria et parva potius. Ego te numquam ulla in re dignum minima reprehensione putaSSem, cum te SanctiS
Si me gereres, nisi inimicos multos haberemus. Quae ad te aliqua cum monitione aut obiurgatione scripsi, scripsi propter diligentiam cautionis meae, in qua et maneo et manebo et idem ut actaS, non desistam rogare. Attalus Hypaepenus mecum egit, ut e ne' impedires, quo minus, quod ad O Publici statuam decretum est, erogaretur quod ego te et rogo et admoneo, ne talis viri tamque1o nostri necessarii honorem minui per te aut impediri velis. Praeterea Aesopi tragoedi , nostri amiliaris, Licinius servus, tibi notus, aufugit is Athenis apud Patronem Epicureum pro liberosuit inde in Asiam venit. Postea Plato quidam SardianuS, Epicure us, qui Athenis solet esse multum et qui tum Athenis uerat, is cum Licinius eo venisset, cum eum fugitivum SS POStea XAesopi litteris cognosset, hominem comprehendit et in custodiam Ephesi tradidit, sed in publicam an in pistrinum non Sati eX
Ia. 3. 33 Neptune numquam hanc navem nisi rectam It means here, be assured that wil govem ni province rightly. Ιowe his correctio of m forme note o Pro f. Turreli. ἄπα θανειν From Aesch. Prom. Vinci.
κρεισσον γαρ εἰσάπαξ θανεινντας απασα ἡ μέρα πασχειν κακως. Quintus means that he had rather die hanbe constanti abused. Maiora ista erunt. such expressions mill do forareater troubles, Oreli. p. Billerb. Yo spea in to tragi tones.' esenb. Proposes to mi erunt a repeate homthe solio inc suerunt, and to read questus sum for quae sunt. I. Quae sunt non nulla . . potius. Is these ord are genuine the ma Pe hapsie translated, ,hichiave some severity deserve the nam obiurgationes O fomeextent , ut ni a moderate or ather asmali amount of it the ender of nonnulla, Madv. II b, Obs. I. ros. Tyrret read ' quaerunt' - requirunt, ' myreproaches require ome changes in Our
3. Cum . . gereres, ' considering thatyo bellave very weli. O the ense, P. note o lis of this letter. F. Cum monitione As monitio is sal to occur in only one ther passage of Cicero's writings Lael. 24, 89 , esenb. suggesis cum admonitione Diligentiam cautionis meae, Mycaresul foresight. See On the gen. ΕP. O.
7. Attalus is oni mentione here. Hypaepenus Hypaepi as a cit os Lydia, in the fouthern alope of Mount Tmolus, and about a miles romaphesus. 8 in Publicii Balter adopis his stomSchut for the S reading lublicent. Publicius a praetor in 65 .C. cp. Pro Cluent. 45 Ia 6 , and may have asterWard governed
9. rogaretur, should e aid stomthe provincia treasury. Attalus a notimprobabi the contractor so this statue. Quod ego te et rogo, a to hic Iboth entreat ou. Cp. De Nat Deor. . ,
II. Aesopi: p. 'gravis Aesopus Hor. Epp. a. I, 82. e was an eminent tragicacior, o friendi term Wit Cicero, hocommend his politica principies as et ashis professiona talent. p. Pro est. 56, Iao; also Rhet ad Herenn. 3. I. Licinius . videnti distinc seo theman mentionedie re in this letter. Neither his nam nor that os lato os Sardisseem to e found else here in Cicero's writings. I 2. atron, ho succeede Phaedrus asan picurea teacher at thens seem tohave been intimate it Cicero. p. Ep. 3I, 6 Ad Fam. 3. I. I7. In publicam, c. custodiam,' to
ΕΡ. 15. EPISTOLARUM AD QUINT FRAT. V. .
litteris eius intellegere potuimus tu quoquo modo St, quoniam Ephesi est, hominem investiges velim summaque diligentia vel tecum deducas. Noli spectare, quanti homo sit parvi enim pretii est, qui iam nihil est; sed tanto dolore Aesopus est adfectu propter servi scelus et audaciam, ut nihil ei gratius sacere
POSSis, quam si illum per te recuperarit. 15 V. Nunc ea cognosce, quae maXime Xoptas rem publicam landitus amisimus, adeo ut Cato, adulescens nullius consilii, Sed tamen civis Romanus et Cato, vi Vivus effugeret, quod, cum Gabinium de ambitu vellet postulare, neque praetore diebuS 1 o aliquot adiri possent vel potestatem sui sacerent, in contionem escendit et Pompeium privatum dictatorem appellavit propius nihil est actum, quam ut occideretur EX hoc, qui sit status 16 totius rei publicae, videre potes Nostrae tamen cauSae non videntur homines defuturi: mirandum in modum Profitentur,os offerunt se, pollicentur. Equidem cum Spe Sum maXima, tum maiore etiam animo, Spe, superiores Ore nos, animo, ut in hac re
the public prison, distinguished homo is trinum, a private place of punishment forsLives, mill where the had to rind; frequently referre t in the Roman come
Quintus hadiso much longe to sta in his province Wesenb suggest that ' vel Romam mittas, orithe word to that effeci,shouldae inserted after diligentia.' . Nihili. So alter The S. has nihil, whic Forceli explain as nullius pretii. 8. Adeo ut . . effugeret O themood se Madu, 355, an for the ense,ib. 382. Cato C. Porcius Cato is probablymeant a man of histin principies and strong rejudices. e hau a quarret ith Ptolemy also it P. Lentulus Spinther, Pompey. Milo, and Cicero; ut a reconcile to the three last. p. Ep. 23, 3 and 4. Η was tribune 57-6 B.C. was accuse of illega conduci two ear after ards, ut acquitted. Cp. Ad Att. 4. 5, 4 4. 6 5; 4. 7, 2. Nullius consilii, gen qualitatis See Madv. 287.9. Et Cato, and a Cato.'
Io Gabinium Aulus Gabinius Was no consul elect. For more particular about bina see Ep. 3, 3, and references there. Postulare, 'o demand leave to accuse, thears ste in a prosecution. Diebus aliquot, ablat os a pace ostime. See Madv. 276. II. Adiri . . facerent, allo edis acces. 'O odi communication With, them. Forcell. In contionem, to the rostra,' here, as a private citi Zen, he had n right toappear, Xcepi a the biddin o a magistrate. See Ep. 7, I, Ole. II. Privatum dictatorem, a dictator in a private station, ' an urecognise dic
Propius . . Occideretur. Ο thegenera sor of this sentence, se Madv. 373- Propius factum, neare lappening. Cp. propius fidem Liv. 4. 7 propius virtutem Sali Cat. II. I . Nostrae . . Causae Cicero asthreatene with an attachi Clodius. I 5. Profitentur, ' declare themselves sor
I 6 Pollicentur, mali promises. For- celi. It has an accusative a se sines belO . 7. Spe superiores . . animo. heΜS has sperent superiores fore nos, Confidant animo t. The readin in the textis that o Madvig and Baiter. Anim . . ut . . Pertimescam, O theconj., explaining animo,' P. P. 3, 3,
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Publica ne casum quidem ullum pertimescam. Sed tamen e re S sic habet si diem nobis dixerit, tota Italia concurret, ut multiplicata gloria discedamus; sin autem vi agere conabitur, Perosor studiis non solum amicorum, sed etiam alienorum, Ut i resistamus. Omnes et se et Suo amicOS, clienteS, libertOS, OrUOS, Pecunias denique suas pollicentura nostra antiqua manu bonorum
ardet studio nostri atque amore Si qui antea aut alieniores fuerant aut languidiores, nunc horum regum odio Se cum bonis coniungunt Pompeius omnia pollicetur et Caesar, quibus ego itato credo, ut nihil de mea comparatione deminuam. Tribuni pl. designati sunt nobis amici consule Se optime Stendunt praetores habemus amicissimo et acerrimos cives, Domitium, Nigidium, Memmium, Lentulum bonos etiam alioS, hos SingulareS:
In hac re publica. Quicunque nunc est et quocunque evasurus rei publicae status Oreli. p. Billerb. I. Sed tamen, resumptive 'howeVer,
a P a going to say. See Madv. 48Ο. Se res sic habet, the case stand assollows. Forceli. a. Si diem . . dixerit, c. Clodius, she indicis me, proceed legally.'Ut . . discedamus, ahat we hali et out os the flair, or ex iudicio, a Manut. sollowed by Tyrrei l. ' Discedere dicitur qui re consecta quidpiam aut obtinuit aut perdidit Forceli. O the ood se lo5above an on the ense, p. 6 I, note
3. Spero Ore . . ut vi resistamus.
6. Nostra antiqua manus 'my oldsupporters. Cp consularis exercitus 'ip. II, 4 8. Horum regum, i. e. the triumvirs. 9. Quibus ego ita credo . . ut deminuam, aut I domo allow m confidence in them to suspend y wn preparations.' Ο ita . . ut, see Ep. 9 6, note ' Omparatio' seem noto be common in his sense Mithout an objective genitive sollowing
Io Tribuni plebis designati Among the were L. Ninnius Quadratus, P. 3 Aelius Ligus, perhaps Q. Terentius Culleo, P. Clodius Cicero an hardi have meantio include ih last among his hiends, and P. Aelius also prove hostile. p. Probestio 3I, 68 The complete lis give in
previous edition was ahenoro Biller-beck's note aut Phave o been able orandauthorit formosi os the ames. II. Consules, sc designati. L. Pisoand A. Gabinius Cicero's opes Mere Otwel iunded. Se optime ostendunt, si e theminselves very wel disposed. Cp. the se os the adver in such expression as dicta impune erant' ac Anu. I. 72 and Ep. 4, I, note Wesenb. ho ever suggest optimos Praetores, sc designatos, Manut. among the praetors, elect 'sor praetors.' See Madv. 227 a. I a Domitium L. Ahenobarbum. See Ep. I, 3, Ole.
Nigidium P. Nigidius Figulus as a senatoris philosophical astes Cp. Ad Fam.
t repor on the informations laid against Lentulus and ther i 6 B.C. p. Pro Sulla I , 42. e was subsequently banished by Caesar, and seem to have die in exile. I 3. Memmium C. Memmius Gemellus Was a man o talent, ut os ad character. Η was quaestor to Ompe in Spain cp. Pro Balbo , 5 , an asterward curule aedile in o B.C. cp. Ad Att. I. I 8, 3 , he hesummone Vatinius besore hi sor trial cp. In Vat. 4 . Memmius attached Caesar, as reconcile to hi sor a hort
Ad in F. 3. 2, 3 Ad Att. 6. I. 23 Ad
Fam. 3. I. Lucretius dedicate to imhis poem de rerum natura. Cp. Lucr de Rer Nat. I. 27 43.
Lentulum. i. Lentulus rus intercededsor Cicero it the consul Piso in 58 B.C.
vpp. 15. 6. EPISTOLARUM AD ATTICUM III. 15. 'os
qua re magnum lac animum habeas et Spem bonam. De singulis tamen rebus, quae quotidie gerantur, laciam te crebro certiorem.
THESSALONICA AUGUST 17, 58 B. C. 696 A. U. C.)
CICERO ATTICO SAL. Accepi Idibus Sextilibus quattuor epistolas a te miSSa : Unam, qua me obiurga S, ut Si firmior alteram, qua Crassi libertum ais tibi de mea sollicitudine macieque narraSSe; tertiam, qua de smonstras acta in senaturi quartam de eo, quod a Varrone scribis
2 tibi esse confirmatum de voluntate Pompeii. Ad primam tibi hoc
Pharsalus and was putri deathi orde of Ptolem XIII, Dionysius, o of his advisers. Cp. Caes. Beli. Civ. 3. Io . Alios, other among the numbet. Thesou other praetor Mere L. Flavius, T. Ampius Balbus, M. Terentius Varro, M. Nonius
Sufenas. The electionis praetor ha thus
resulted, o the whole, nsavourabl so the triumvirs it is no probable that an os thei decide adherenis ere among the number of successsu candidates, Xcepi per-haps Flavius and Nonius. I. Fac . . habeas: see Madv. 37 a ,
a Gerantur the ood, see Ep. 5, 8, notes Madv. 369. 4. Obiurgas ut sim firmior Condensed sor obiurgas et rogas ut B Ot.
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Scribo, merita dolere, ut non modo a mente non deSerar, Sed id ipsum doleam, me tam firma mente ubi utar et quibuScum non habere. Nam si tu me uno non sine maerore careS, quid me censes, qui et te et omnibus p et, si tu incolumis me requiriS, quo modo a me ipsam incolumitatem desiderari putas nolo commemorare, quibu rebus Sim spoliatus, non Solum quia non ignoras, sed etiam neowscindam ipse dolorem meum : hoc confirmo, neque tantis bonis esse privatum quemquam neque in tanta miseriaSincidisse. Dies autem non modo non levat luctum hunc, edio etiam auget; nam ceteri dolores mitigantur UetuState, hic non-PoteSi non et Sensu praesentis miseriae et recordatione praeteritae- vitae quotidie augeri desidero enim non mea Solum neque COS, sed me ipsum. Quid enim sum p Sed non faciam ut aut tuum animum angam quereli aut mei Volneribus Saeptu manu ad 15 seram. Nam quod purgas eos, quos ego mihi scripsi invidiSSe, ebin eis Catonem, ego vero tantum illum puto ab isto celere. afuisse, ut maXime doleam plus apud me simulationem aliorum
quam istius fidem valuisse. Ceteros quod purgas, debent mihi purgati esse, tibi si sunt Sed haec sero agimus Crassi libertum a a nihil puto sincere locutum. In senatu rem probe Scribi actam.
I. Ita dolere, ut . . non deserar: See Ep. 9 6 note Andis ut non a distinguished hom me, se Madv. 456. a. Ubi utar et quibuscum, a sphere an societ in hic to ho m firmness. 3. Quid me censes, facere.' See Ep. 8 6, note. . omnibus, c. careo. For the omission se Madv. 478 and Obs. 5. Incolumis, whose position is unim- patred ' used in a politica sense osten by Cicero ascis ' calamitas. 7. Rescindam 'tear open, as ista hal healed ound Cp. Ovid. Trist. 3. II 63, Ergo quicumque es rescindere crimina noli De que gravi duras vulnere nosse
9. Dies, lapse os time. Cp ipsa die quae debilitat cogitationes. ad Fam.
I 3. Sed me ipsum. p. so the thought
non enim vidisses fratrem tuum, non eum
quem reliqueras ' Ad PF. I. 3, I, and Fam. I 4. I, 3 Non faciam ut pleonastic See Madv.
I 5. Quod purgas see Ep. 8, 4, note. Quos ego mihi scripsi invidisse. Η refers speciali t mortensius. p. Ad Att. 3. 9, 2, here e says of ortensius nondum perspicis . . quorum celere Perierimus 3 also Ad AF. I. 3 8.16. Ego vero, certainly. See Madv. 454, and cp. ego vero libenter desino Pro
Tantum . . fuisse, 'so far ora thinhhe was stom haring that crinae.' I7. Simulationem aliorum, the pretended friendshipvi others. Perhaps of the consul and of Pompey Cp. N. 2, 4;I5, 6.18. Debent mihi . . si sunt, oughtto acquit thei conductis bla me Dyo do. Pro . Tyrrei finiis a dissiculi here. Do notthe word sinapi illustrate Cicero' confidence in his friend's judgment ΤI9. Crassi . . locutum, est notrihinhihe reedman o Crassus spolie honestly. Cicero comments in orderin the four letters he had received rom Atticus. p. o. The allusion to the reedman o Crassus is
zo. Rem . . actam. These Nord reser
ΕΡ. 16. EPISTOLARUM AD ATTICUM IIT. 15. Io5 Sed quid Curio an illam orationem non legit quae unde Sit
prolata nescio. Sed AXius eiusdem diei scribens ad me acta, non ita laudat Curionem. At potest ille aliquid praetermittere tu, nisi quod erat prosecto non scripsisti Varronis sermo iacit CXSPectationem Caesaris, atque utinam ipse Varro incumbat in cauSam quod profecto cum sua sponte, tum te instante faciet. Ego, Si me aliquando vestri et patriae compotem fortuna secerit,
certe essiciam ut maxime laetere unu eX omnibus amiciS, meaque ossicia et studia, quae parum antea luxerunt satendum StCnim , Sic eXSequar, ut me aeque tibi ac fratri et liberis nostris io
restitutum putes Si quid in te peccavi, ac potius quoniam PeccaVi ignOScen in me enim ipsum peccavi vehementius. Neque
haec eo Scribo, quo te non meo casu maXimo dolore esse adsectum Sciam, Sed Profecto, si, quantum me amas et amasti, tantum amare debere ac debuisses numquam OSSOS PASSUS me, quo tu i 5 abundabaS egere consilio, nec esses passus mihi persuaderi utile
nobis esse legem de collegiis perserri. Sed tu tantum lacrimas
to a debat in the senatem Juneo, henΡ. 3 Aelius Ligus interposed to prevent a decree bella passe in Cicero' savour. Probe in bene 'iForcell. . satisfactorily. I. Curio. The lder, probably. Theyounge is generali distinguished by the epithet meus,' adulescens, o Milius. An illam . . non legit Cicero composed a speech against Curio, hicli otpubliε hed by sonae mistake cp. Ad Att. 3. I 2, 2 . and so Cicero a surprised to eartha Curio had spoken in his bellais Thespeech to hicli Cicero reser was perhaps revise editio of that In Clodium et Curionem ' os whicli considerable fragments are
a. Axius see Ep. 28, 5, note. Acta, the Occurrences. Non ita 'not so very much. See
Madv. 46 a Pros Tyrret suggest 'does no quot Curio to that effeci.' 3. Ille, C. A Xius. 4. Nisi quod erat, except what reatly bappened. Varronis sermo . . Caesaris, what Varro tot yo gives me opes o Caesar.' Caesaris: gen obj See Madv. 283. 5. Incumbat in causam, exert im- fel in suppor os, cause.' p. p. 9,
remarhable a the should have been IO. X sequar, ',il discliarge or sulfil. II. Ac potius, or ather.'Ia. In me enim . . vehementius, Iwas uilinosis orse offence against yself, in notoryin by ali means to attachyou. Cicero means that the friendshi os Atticus a more valvabie to im than histo Atticus. Neque haec . . quo te non . . sciam, is reason sor ritin is no that I am nota are of ouraries. Ο quo non ' withthe conjunct. see Ep. I , I, Ole. I 4. Si quantum . . debuisses. f the texi is genuine the meanin must e, ' isyour affectio for me ad reste o an obligation to me. So in substance Ois., Tyrreli, Jeans Boot accepi the reading of Pius ive a that prisci codices,' si tantum amorem I exhibuisses.'I5. Quo tu . . consilio. to lac the advice ou ere so abundauit qualifie togive.
I7. De collegiis, about the ct s. Probabi the collegia compitalicia, clubssor celebratin the cludi compitalicii, areespeciali reserre to. Such odies mighteasit be employed for politica purposes, and many of them ha been abolished by law, o by a decree of the senate, assed apparenti in B.C. Clodius, O ever, had restore these clubs, and ad mundedother consisting, accordin to Cicero, of the lowes of theseople. The organizationo the populace ac improved, and the