Marcus Tullius Cicero→Titus Pomponius Atticus|c. -46 AD|Cicero|AI-assisted
All the same there are reports here that Murcus has been lost at
sea, that Asinius reached shore alive to fall into the soldiers'
hands, that 50 ships have been carried to Utica by this contrary wind,
that Pompey is nowhere to be found and never has been in the
Baleares, as Paciaecus declares. But there is no definite authority for
any of this. That is what people have been saying while you are away.
Meanwhile there are the games at Praeneste. That's where Hirtius and all
that crew are; and there are eight days of games! Picture their dinners
and their extravagant goings on. Perhaps in the meantime the great
question has been settled. What people they are! So Balbus is building:
little he recks. But, if you ask me, is not life over and done with,
when a man begins to look for pleasure rather than duty? In the meantime
you slumber on. Now is the time the problem must be solved, if you mean
to do anything. If you ask me what I think, I think "Gather ye
roses." But what's the good of going on? I shall see you at once,
and I hope you
et quidem, ut spero, de via recta ad me. Simul enim et diem Tyrannioni
constituemus, et si quid aliud.
hic rumores tamen Murcum perisse naufragio, Asinium delatum vivum in manus militum, L navis delatas Vticam reflatu hoc, Pompeium non comparere nec in Balearibus omnino fuisse, ut Paciaecus adfirmat. sed auctor nullius rei quisquam. habes quae, dum tu abes, locuti sint. ludi interea Praeneste. ibi Hirtius et isti omnes. [2] et quidem ludi dies viii. quae cenae, quae deliciae! res interea fortasse transacta est. O miros homines! at Balbus aedificat; ti/ ga\r au)tw=? me/lei; verum si quaeris, homini non recta sed voluptaria quaerenti nonne bebi/wtai ? tu interea dormis. iam explicandum est pro/blhma , si quid acturus es. si quaeris quid putem, ego fructum puto. sed quid multa? iam te videbo et quidem, ut spero, de via recta ad me. simul enim et diem Tyrannioni constituemus et si quid aliud.
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All the same there are reports here that Murcus has been lost at sea, that Asinius reached shore alive to fall into the soldiers' hands, that 50 ships have been carried to Utica by this contrary wind, that Pompey is nowhere to be found and never has been in the Baleares, as Paciaecus declares. But there is no definite authority for any of this. That is what people have been saying while you are away. Meanwhile there are the games at Praeneste. That's where Hirtius and all that crew are; and there are eight days of games! Picture their dinners and their extravagant goings on. Perhaps in the meantime the great question has been settled. What people they are! So Balbus is building: little he recks. But, if you ask me, is not life over and done with, when a man begins to look for pleasure rather than duty? In the meantime you slumber on. Now is the time the problem must be solved, if you mean to do anything. If you ask me what I think, I think "Gather ye roses." But what's the good of going on? I shall see you at once, and I hope you
et quidem, ut spero, de via recta ad me. Simul enim et diem Tyrannioni constituemus, et si quid aliud.
Latin / Greek Original
hic rumores tamen Murcum perisse naufragio, Asinium delatum vivum in manus militum, L navis delatas Vticam reflatu hoc, Pompeium non comparere nec in Balearibus omnino fuisse, ut Paciaecus adfirmat. sed auctor nullius rei quisquam. habes quae, dum tu abes, locuti sint. ludi interea Praeneste. ibi Hirtius et isti omnes. [2] et quidem ludi dies viii. quae cenae, quae deliciae! res interea fortasse transacta est. O miros homines! at Balbus aedificat; ti/ ga\r au)tw=? me/lei; verum si quaeris, homini non recta sed voluptaria quaerenti nonne bebi/wtai ? tu interea dormis. iam explicandum est pro/blhma , si quid acturus es. si quaeris quid putem, ego fructum puto. sed quid multa? iam te videbo et quidem, ut spero, de via recta ad me. simul enim et diem Tyrannioni constituemus et si quid aliud.