I.xx.17
| ID | 1274 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Pliny |
| Reference | I.xx.17 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 96–98 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Pliny |
| Addressee | Cornelius Tacitus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | πρὸς δέ γ᾽αὐτοῦ τῷ τάχει/πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθητο τοῖσι χείλεσιν./οὔτως ἐκήλει, καὶ μόνος τῶν ῥητόρων/τὸ κέντρον ἐγκατέλειπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις |
| Latin Context | nec me praeterit summum oratorem Periclen sic a comico Eupolide laudari: πρὸς δέ γ’ αὐτοῦ τῷ τάχει πειθώ τις ἐπεκάθητο τοῖσι χείλεσιν. οὕτως ἐκήλει, καὶ μόνος τῶν ῥητόρων τὸ κέντρον ἐγκατέλειπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Inter |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: literary (Eupolis) |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Quotes Eupolis' praise of Pericles' oratory: part of discussion with Regulus about rhetorical method in legal cases |
| Comments | Eupolis, Frag.94. See ap.crit.for some variations in the Greek. Sherwin-White: passage much quoted in antiquity |