Translator Reviews ( English → Japanese )
Rating: 60 / Native Japanese / 0 Reviews / 25 Jan 2013 at 04:32
His mother Atia, when she saw the glory of fortune and the extent of the Empire devolving upon her own son, rejoiced; but on the other hand knowing that the undertaking was full of fear and danger, and having seen what had happened to her uncle Caesar, she was not very enthusiastic; so it looked as if she was between the view of her husband Philippus and that of her son. Hence she felt many cares, now anxious when she enumerated all the dangers awaiting one striving for supreme power, and now elated when she thought of the extent of that power and honor. Therefore she did not dare to dissuade her son from attempting the great deed and effecting a just requital, but still she did not venture to urge him on,
母親のAtiaは大きな富と広大な帝国が我が息子に譲渡されるのを見て喜んだが、一方でそれを受けることは非常に恐ろしく危険であることも知っており、叔父のCaesarの身に起こったことを見て、あまり乗り気ではなかった。それで母親は夫のPhilippusと息子の見方の間にはさまれているかのように見えた。そのようなわけで母親には多くの心配の種があった。最高権力を追い求めれば待ち受けているあらゆる危険を数え上げては不安になり、強大な権力と栄誉を受けることを考えては有頂天になった。だから母親は偉業を企てて仇を討つよう敢て息子を説得しなかったが、