Ad M.Caes.i.8.7 [should be ii.1) (p.124)
| ID | 1133 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Fronto |
| Reference | Ad M.Caes.i.8.7 [should be ii.1) (p.124) |
| Reference 2 | VdH 21,9-10 |
| Date | 143, post 13 August |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Fronto |
| Addressee | Marcus Aurelius |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | εἴ τί σοι κακόν, εἰς Πυρραίων κεφαλήν |
| Latin Context | male dum similiter ne umquam nos perturbes ut natali tuo perturbasti, cetera | minus laboro. εἴ τί σοι κακόν, εἰς Πυρραίων κεφαλήν |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Inter |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: proverb |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Fronto expresses desire that MA remain well |
| Comments | VdH comm: Paroem.Graeci I p.84: εἴ τι κακὸν, εἰς Πύρραν. Proverb also found in Plut.prov.109/variant in Plut.Moral.146 E. Pyrrha, a town on Lesbos, was hated by its neighbours = desire that if evil came, it might fall upon the Pyrrhaeans. |