Plutarch's Lives, volume Ii
Plutarch's Lives, volume Ii
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" Sullasaid this in a kind of prophetic tone, for Lepidus soon broke out ingreat excesses, and was at war with Pompeius.
XXXV. Sulla made an offering of the tenth part of his substance toHercules, and feasted the people magnificently: so much greater indeedwas the preparation than what was required, that a great quantity ofprovisions was daily thrown into the river, and wine was drunk fortyyears old, and even older. In the midst of the entertainment, whichlasted several days, Metella died. As t...he priests would not allowSulla to go to her, or his house to be polluted by a dead body, Sullasent Metella a writing of divorce, and ordered her, while still alive, to be removed from his house to another. So far he observed the customstrictly through superstition; but the law which limited the cost offunerals, though he had proposed it himself, he violated by sparing noexpense. He also violated his own laws for diminishing the cost ofentertainments, endeavouring to forget his grief in extravagantdrinking and feasting, and in the company of buffoons.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
" Sullasaid this in a kind of prophetic tone, for Lepidus soon broke out ingreat excesses, and was at war with Pompeius.
XXXV. Sulla made an offering of the tenth part of his substance toHercules, and feasted the people magnificently: so much greater indeedwas the preparation than what was required, that a great quantity ofprovisions was daily thrown into the river, and wine was drunk fortyyears old, and even older. In the midst of the entertainment, whichlasted several days, Metella died. As t...he priests would not allowSulla to go to her, or his house to be polluted by a dead body, Sullasent Metella a writing of divorce, and ordered her, while still alive, to be removed from his house to another. So far he observed the customstrictly through superstition; but the law which limited the cost offunerals, though he had proposed it himself, he violated by sparing noexpense. He also violated his own laws for diminishing the cost ofentertainments, endeavouring to forget his grief in extravagantdrinking and feasting, and in the company of buffoons.
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