The Dream of Scipio (Somnium Scipionis)
Cicero, Somnium Scipionis
The Dream of Scipio: the younger Scipio is shown the heavens, the music of the spheres, and the reward awaiting those who serve their country. 18 sections, 115 sentences, each with an English translation.
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- De Re Publica 6.9Scipio visits MasinissaCum in Āfricam vēnissem M'. Mānīliō cōnsulī ad quārtam legiōnem tribūnus,…
- De Re Publica 6.10Africanus appears in a dreamPost autem apparātū rēgiō acceptī sermōnem in multam noctem prōdūximus, cum…
- De Re Publica 6.11Carthage, Numantia and the futureVidēsne illam urbem, quae pārēre populō Rōmānō coācta per mē renovat prīstina…
- De Re Publica 6.12The crisis of the republicHīc tū, Āfricāne, ostendās oportēbit patriae lūmen animī, ingeniī cōnsiliīque…
- De Re Publica 6.13A place in heaven for statesmenSed quō sīs, Āfricāne, alacrior ad tūtandam rem pūblicam, sīc habētō: omnibus,…
- De Re Publica 6.14Paulus, and the life that is deathHīc ego, etsī eram perterritus nōn tam mortis metū quam īnsidiārum ā meīs,…
- De Re Publica 6.15Why one may not hasten deathAtque ego ut prīmum flētū repressō loquī posse coepī, Quaesō, inquam, pater…
- De Re Publica 6.16The Milky WaySed sīc, Scīpiō, ut avus hic tuus, ut ego, quī tē genuī, iūstitiam cole et…
- De Re Publica 6.17The nine spheresQuam cum magis intuērer, Quaesō, inquit Āfricānus, quoūsque humī dēfīxa tua…
- De Re Publica 6.18The music of the spheresQuae cum intuērer stupēns, ut mē recēpī, Quid?
- De Re Publica 6.19The smallness of the earthTum Āfricānus: Sentiō, inquit, tē sēdem etiam nunc hominum ac domum contemplārī;
- De Re Publica 6.20The zones of the earthCernis autem eandem terram quasi quibusdam redimītam et circumdatam cingulīs, ē…
- De Re Publica 6.21Floods and firesQuīn etiam sī cupiat prōlēs illa futūrōrum hominum deinceps laudēs ūnīus…
- De Re Publica 6.22The great yearquī nec pauciōrēs et certē meliōrēs fuērunt virī, praesertim cum apud eōs…
- De Re Publica 6.23Virtue her own rewardQuōcircā sī reditum in hunc locum dēspērāveris, in quō omnia sunt magnīs et…
- De Re Publica 6.24You are not mortalQuae cum dīxisset, Ego vērō, inquam, Āfricāne, sīquidem bene meritīs dē patriā…
- De Re Publica 6.25The soul moves itselfNam quod semper movētur, aeternum est;
- De Re Publica 6.26The soul's way homeCum pateat igitur aeternum id esse, quod ā sē ipsō moveātur, quis est, quī hanc…
Cicero, Somnium Scipionis. Latin text: C. F. W. Mueller (Teubner, 1889), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: LatinCy, then every word checked and corrected by hand. Vocabulary: F. Ritchie (1903, public domain) and entries written for this app. English translation, notes and grammar hints: written for this app.