Cal. 22.4

ID 1074
Corpus Suetonius
Reference Cal. 22.4
Reference 2 n/a
Date
Source Quotation: Oral
Author Caligula
Addressee (unknown)
Citation Greek Code Switch ἤ μ’ ἀνάειρ’ ἢ ἐγὼ σέ,
Latin Context nam uox comminantis audita est: ἤ μ’ ἀνάειρ’ ἢ ἐγὼ σέ, donec exoratus, ut referebat, et in contubernium ultro inuitatus super templum Diui Augusti ponte transmisso Palatium Capitoliumque coniunxit.
Inter/Intra Sentential Inter
Function Code Switch Quotation: literary (Homer)
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Caligula addresses these words to Jupiter Capitolinus; threatens to remove the god if he does not recocognise/deify him
Comments Quotation = Iliad.23.724: ἀνάειρε used in a double sense.