V.xx.8
| ID | 1306 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Pliny |
| Reference | V.xx.8 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 107 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Pliny |
| Addressee | Cornelius Ursus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | τὴν γὰρ ἀοιδὴν μᾶλλον ἐπικλείουσ᾽ἄνθρωποι/<ἥ τις ἀκουόντεσσι ωεωτ>άτη ἀμφιπέληται |
| Latin Context | nam si uerum est Homericum illud: τὴν γὰρ ἀοιδὴν μᾶλλον ἐπικλείουσ’ ἄνθρωποι, ἥ τις ἀκουόντεσσι νεωτάτη ἀμφιπέληται, prouidendum est mihi |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Inter |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: literary (Homer) |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Discussion of his speech in the Bithynian case: desires Cornelius Ursus to request his speech, seeing its novelty as its best feature |
| Comments | Od.I.351-2: "Homericum illud" |