Plut. Caes. 63.5

Life of Caesar 63.5

Author
Plutarch
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin

Life of Caesar

63.5

Plutarch

translated by Bernadotte Perrin

5After this, while he was sleeping as usual by the side of his wife, all the windows and doors of the chamber flew open at once, and Caesar, confounded by the noise and the light of the moon shining down upon him, noticed that Calpurnia was in a deep slumber, but was uttering indistinct words and inarticulate groans in her sleep; for she dreamed, as it proved, that she was holding her murdered husband in her arms and bewailing him.