Aug. 25.4
| ID | 1097 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Suetonius |
| Reference | Aug. 25.4 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | |
| Source | Quotation: Oral? |
| Author | Augustus |
| Addressee | (unknown) |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | ἀσφαλὴς γὰρ ἐστ’ ἀμείνων ἢ θρασὺς στρατηλάτης |
| Latin Context | crebro itaque illa iactabat, σπεῦδε βραδέως, ἀσφαλὴς γάρ ἐστ’ ἀμείνων ἢ θρασὺς στρατηλάτης et 'sat celeriter fieri quiquid fiat satis bene'. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Inter |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: literary (Euripides) |
| Flagging | |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Lists Augustus' favourite sayings in connection with need for lack of haste/rashness in a leader |
| Comments | Gelsomino: deliberate copying of Caesar, who quoted lines 524-525 from this play? (See Cic. Fam. 13.15/De Off.3.82) |