Octavius 4.1

Minucius Felix · Octavius · ca. 197–250 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Caecilius stood apart, silent and troubled.

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Latin text · CSEL 2:6

Igitur cum omnes hac spectaculi uoluptate caperemur, Caecilius nihil intendere neque de contentione ridere, sed tacens, anxius, segregatus dolere nescio quid uultu fatebatur.

English · Claude translation

So while all of us were taken with the pleasure of this spectacle, Caecilius paid no attention and did not laugh at the contest, but, silent, anxious, and apart, showed by his face that he was pained by something.

About this passage

Source: CSEL 2:6 · Karl Halm, ed., M. Minucii Felicis Octavius; Iulii Firmici Materni Liber de errore profanarum religionum, CSEL 2 (Vienna: Gerold, 1867), 1–56 · Latin text: K. Halm (CSEL 2, 1867), digitized by Open Greek and Latin, University of Leipzig (csel-dev), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text: As printed in CSEL 2. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Latin text of CSEL 2; made independently of existing English translations.
Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 4 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made) · Divided there by chapter only.

Notes

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (OCR: misread name.): Caecuius → Caecilius.

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 4.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/4/1/).

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 4.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/4/1/).

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