I.xx.22
| ID | 1278 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Pliny |
| Reference | I.xx.22 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 96–98 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Pliny |
| Addressee | Cornelius Tacitus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | ἀμετροεπῆ |
| Latin Context | nec uero cum haec dico illum Homericum ἀμετροεπῆ probo, sed hunc: |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: literary (Homer) |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Within discussion of rhetorical style: says he does not mean to prase Thersites "unbridled of tongue" |
| Comments | Il.II.12: does not give proper name, but refers to him as "illum" = expects quotation to be recognised. See app.crit.for some manuscript variation. Sherwin-White: 2 of Pliny's examples are quoted, though not in Greek, in Quintilian's "parallel passage" 12.10.64-65 |