II.iii.10
| ID | 1285 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Pliny |
| Reference | II.iii.10 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 97–100 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Pliny |
| Addressee | Nepos |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | τί δέ, εἰ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θηρίου ἠκούσατε |
| Latin Context | nisi uero falsum putamus illud Aeschinis, qui cum legisset Rhodiis orationem Demosthenis admirantibus cunctis, adiecisse fertur: τί δέ, εἰ αὐτοῦ τοῦ θηρίου ἠκούσατε; |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Inter |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: oral (Aeschines) |
| Flagging | |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Discussion of relationship between spoken and written speech; letter as a whole concerned with orator Isaeus |
| Comments | Sherwin-White: "a common story in antiquity"; See app.crit. for manuscript variants |