16 (I.16.1)
| ID | 812 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Cicero: Ad Atticum |
| Reference | 16 (I.16.1) |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 1/7/61 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Cicero |
| Addressee | Atticus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | ὕστερον πρότερον Ὀμηρικῶς |
| Latin Context | |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | GCS Literature/Rhetoric/Grammar | Metalinguistic | Naming: Personal Name (adjectival) |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Describes Cicero's manner of reply to Atticus: will reply 'Homerically, putting the later part first' i.e. he will answer his second question first. |
| Comments | 'Homerically, the later earlier' = reference to the Odyssey (Odysseus' earlier adventures occur in the middle part of the poem). |