27 (II.7.4)

ID 700
Corpus Cicero: Ad Atticum
Reference 27 (II.7.4)
Reference 2 n/a
Date 4/4/59
Source Letter
Author Cicero
Addressee Atticus
Citation Greek Code Switch κἄν ὑπὸ στέγῃ πυκνῆς ἀκούειν ψακάδος εὐδούσῃ φρενί
Latin Context
Inter/Intra Sentential Inter?
Function Code Switch Quotation: Literary (Sophocles)
Flagging "ut ait tuus amicus Sophocles"
Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Cicero desires to watch the "wreck" of the state from afar having been forced from its helm.
Comments From a lost play of Sophocles (Tympanistae). Describes Sophocles as "tuus amicus".