Capitolo 51
character is formed. During all these revolutions and statement to everybody
these exposures of licentious wickedness, and of the unnatural cruelty and
you incriminate, she was growing in the royal buildings an animate and beautiful,
but it satisfied and neglected child.
Of bad duration, Auletes, his/her father followed toward Rome. Till now as
its character and its history were known among the surrounding nations, him
it was the object of universal obloquy, both on account of his/her precedent
career of degrading vice, and now, even more, for this ignoble flight
difficulty give in which its vices and crimes had involved him.
He stopped him, on the way, to the island of Rhodes. Happened that Catos,
the great Roman and general philosopher, was to this point to Rhodes.
Cato was a man of stern, non flexible virtue and of the great influence to
that period in public business. Ptolemy sent a messenger to inform Cato
of his/her arrival, supposing, clearly that the general Roman
you hasten, on to feel some fact, to pay his/her respects to so great a
character as him, a king of Egypt--a Ptolemy--suffering nevertheless under a
upside-down provisional of the fortune. Cato directed the messenger to answer that,
then as him it was aware, he didn't have particular business with Ptolemy.
"However tells the king,", he added, "that, if he has some business
with me, he can call, and he/she sees me, if he arranges."
Ptolemy was forced to suppress his/her resentment and to submit. He thought him/it
very essential to the success of his/her plans that he should see Cato, and
you assure, if possible, his/her interest and co-operation; and him accordingly
preparations done for paying, instead of receiving the visit intending,
to go in the greatest is real that he could command. Him accordingly
appeared to the lodgings of Cato in the following day, magnificently it dressed,
and it accompanied from many companions. Cato in that the was dressed
more clearly and the most greater part of simple way, and of who apartment was furnished in a