Ποπλικόλας

Sections

1.1 – 1.3 1.4 – 1.5 2.1 – 2.3 3.1 – 3.2 3.3 – 3.4 4.1 – 4.2 4.3 – 5.1 5.2 – 6.1 6.2 – 6.4 7.1 – 7.2 7.3 – 7.4 7.5 – 8.1 8.2 – 8.3 8.4 – 9.1 9.2 – 9.4 9.5 – 9.7 10.1 – 10.3 10.4 – 10.5 10.6 – 11.2 11.3 – 11.4 12.1 – 12.3 12.4 – 13.2 13.3 – 14.1 14.2 – 14.4 14.5 – 15.2 15.3 – 15.4 15.5 – 16.1 16.2 – 16.4 16.5 – 16.7 17.1 – 17.2 17.3 – 17.4 17.5 – 18.1 18.2 – 19.1 19.2 – 19.3 19.4 – 19.5 19.6 – 20.2 20.3 – 21.1 21.2 – 21.4 21.5 – 21.6 22.1 – 22.2 22.3 – 22.5 23.1 – 23.2 23.3 – 23.3

İngilizce Yunanca

17.1 While Porsena was closely investing the city, a famine afflicted the Romans,Cf. Livy, ii. 12, 1. and another Tuscan army on its own account invaded their territory. Publicola, who was now consul for the third time, thought that Porsena must be met by a quiet and watchful resistance within the city; but he sallied out upon the other Tuscan army, engaged it, routed it, and slew five thousand of them. The story of Mucius has been often and variously told, but I must give it as it seems most credible to me.Plutarch’s version is far less coherent and dramatic than Livy’s (ii. 12).

17.2 He was a man endowed with every virtue, but most excellent in war. Designing to kill Porsena, he stole into his camp, wearing a Tuscan habit, and using a speech to correspond. After walking around the tribunal where the king was sitting within others, not knowing him certainly, and fearing to inquire about him, he drew his sword and slew that one of the group whom he thought most likely to be the king.