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ἐν δὲ τούτῳ Δέκιμος Βροῦτος ἐπίκλησιν
Ἀλβῖνος, πιστευόμενος μὲν ὑπὸ Καίσαρος, ὥστε καὶ δεύτερος ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ
κληρονόμος γεγράφθαι, τοῖς δὲ περὶ Βροῦτον τὸν ἕτερον καὶ Κάσσιον
μετέχων τῆς συνωμοσίας, φοβηθεὶς μὴ τὴν ἡμέραν ἐκείνην διακρουσαμένου τοῦ
Καίσαρος ἔκπυστος ἡ πρᾶξις γένηται, τούς τε μάντεις ἐχλεύαζε καὶ
καθήπτετο τοῦ Καίσαρος,
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ὡς αἰτίας καὶ
διαβολὰς ἑαυτῷ κτωμένου πρὸς τὴν σύγκλητον ἐντρυφᾶσθαι δοκοῦσαν ἥκειν
μὲν γὰρ αὐτὴν κελεύσαντος ἐκείνου, καὶ προθύμους εἶναι ψηφίζεσθαι πάντας
ὅπως τῶν ἐκτὸς Ἰταλίας ἐπαρχιῶν βασιλεὺς ἀναγορεύοιτο καὶ φοροίη
διάδημα
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τὴν ἄλλην ἐπιὼν γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν
εἰ δὲ φράσει τις αὐτοῖς καθεζομένοις νῦν μὲν ἀπαλλάττεσθαι, παρεῖναι δὲ
αὖθις ὅταν ἐντύχῃ βελτίοσιν ὀνείροις Καλπουρνία, τίνας ἔσεσθαι λόγους
παρὰ τῶν φθονούντων; ἢ τίνα τῶν φίλων ἀνέξεσθαι διδασκόντων ὡς οὐχὶ
δουλεία ταῦτα καὶ τυραννίς ἐστιν; ἀλλ᾽ εἰ δοκεῖ πάντως, ἔφη, τὴν ἡμέραν
ἀφοσιώσασθαι, βέλτιον αὐτὸν παρελθόντα καὶ προσαγορεύσαντα τὴν βουλὴν
ὑπερθέσθαι.
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ταῦθ᾽ [p. 594] ἅμα λέγων
ὁ Βροῦτος ἦγε τῆς χειρὸς λαβόμενος τὸν Καίσαρα, καὶ μικρὸν μὲν αὐτῷ
προελθόντι τῶν θυρῶν οἰκέτης ἀλλότριος ἐντυχεῖν προθυμούμενος, ὡς ἡττᾶτο
τοῦ περὶ ἐκεῖνον ὠθισμοῦ καὶ πλήθους, βιασάμενος εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν
παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν τῇ Καλπουρνίᾳ, φυλάττειν κελεύσας ἄχρι ἂν ἐπανέλθῃ
Καῖσαρ, ὡς ἔχων μεγάλα πράγματα κατειπεῖν πρὸς αὐτόν.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
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