V.viii.11
| ID | 1303 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Pliny |
| Reference | V.viii.11 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 105–106 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Pliny |
| Addressee | Titinius Capito |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | κτῆμα sit an ἀγώνισμα |
| Latin Context | nam plurimum refert, ut Thucydides ait, κτῆμα sit an ἀγώνισμα; quorum alterum oratio, alterum historia est. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: literary (Thucydides) |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | "ut Thucydides ait". Discussion of the differences between history and oratory. Shackleton Bailey points out that this "reverses" the maxim of Thucydides |
| Comments | Thuc.I.22. See app.crit. for manuscript variants |