Ad M.Caes.i.4.2 (p.94)

ID 1126
Corpus Fronto
Reference Ad M.Caes.i.4.2 (p.94)
Reference 2 VdH 7,20-21
Date 143 or 145
Source Letter
Author Marcus Aurelius
Addressee Fronto
Citation Greek Code Switch ποιμένι μῆλα νέμοντι παρ᾽ἴχνιον ὀξέος ἵππου/Ἡσιόδῳ Μουσέων ἑσμὸς ὅτ᾽ἠντίασεν
Latin Context atenim ego memini olim apud magistrum me legere: ποιμένι μῆλα νέμοντι παρ᾽ἴχνιον ὀξέος ἵππου/Ἡσιόδῳ Μουσέων ἑσμὸς ὅτ᾽ἠντίασεν
Inter/Intra Sentential Inter
Function Code Switch quotation: literary (Callimachus)
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Example of Hesiod given to support his argument in favour of wakefulness over sleep
Comments Haines: "cp. Hesiod, Theog.22f.; VdH comm: explains how lines came to be recognised as those of Callimachus (Mai thought they were Fronto's own)