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).