I.xx.15

ID 1273
Corpus Pliny
Reference I.xx.15
Reference 2 n/a
Date 96–98
Source Letter
Author Pliny
Addressee Cornelius Tacitus
Citation Greek Code Switch πάντα denique λίθον κινῶ
Latin Context at ego, inquam, qui iugulum perspicere non possum, omnia pertempto, omnia experior, πάντα denique λίθον κινῶ;
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch Quotation: self-quotation | Quotation: proverb | Quotation: literary (Euripides)
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Reports his conversation with Regulus about rhetorical method in legal cases
Comments Sherwin-White: proverb first appears in Eur.Heraclidae 1002. Here with Latin denique in between. Does not appear in Greek script in all manuscripts/there is also variation in spelling of the Greek (see ap.crit. OCT)