Epistulae 7.27.4–11 · 1–Epistulae 7.27.4–11 · 7Athenodorus and the Haunted HouseGaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)Iamilludnōnneetmagisterribileetnōnminusmīrumestquodexpōnamutaccēpī?EratAthēnīsspatiōsaetcapāxdomussedīnfāmisetpestilēns.Persilentiumnoctissonusferrī,etsīattenderēsācrius,strepitusvinculōrumlongiusprīmō,deindeēproximōreddēbātur:moxadpārēbatīdōlōn,senexmaciēetsquālōrecōnfectus,prōmissābarbā,horrentīcapillō;crūribuscompedēs,manibuscatēnāsgerēbatquatiēbatque.Indeinhabitantibustrīstēsdīraequenoctēspermetumvigilābantur;vigiliammorbusetcrēscenteformīdinemorssequēbātur.Naminterdiūquoque,quamquamabscesseratimāgō,memoriaimāginisoculīsinerrābat,longiorquecausīstimōristimorerat.Dēsertaindeetdamnātasōlitūdinedomustōtaqueillīmōnstrōrelicta;prōscrībēbāturtamen,seuquisemereseuquiscondūcereignārustantīmalīvellet.VenitAthēnāsphilosophusAthēnodōrus,legittitulum,audītōquepretiō,quiasuspectavīlitās,percūnctātus,omniadocēturacnihilōminus,immōtantōmagiscondūcit.EN Show glossesHighlightReport an error