Ner. 45.2
| ID | 1032 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Suetonius |
| Reference | Ner. 45.2 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | |
| Source | Quotation: Inscription |
| Author | (unknown) |
| Addressee | (unknown) |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | agona |
| Latin Context | statuae eius a uertice cirrus appositus est cum inscriptione Graeca, nunc demum agona esse et traderet tandem. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | GCS Contest/Entertainment |
| Flagging | "cum inscriptione Graeca" (flagged by Suetonius) |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Curl placed on statue of Nero together with an inscription advertising a 'real political contest' (in contrast to those staged by Nero). Passage describes resentment felt against Nero because of the high cost of grain |
| Comments | Word also appears in Plin. Ep. IV.xxii.3 (catagorised as not likely a c-s), but S. does seem to be drawing attention to the Greek here/mirrors usage of this word at Ner. 21.1, 22.3, 23.1, where Suetonius was also playing up the 'Greekness' of Nero's contests |