5 (I.9.2)
| ID | 824 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Cicero: Ad Atticum |
| Reference | 5 (I.9.2) |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 1/4/67 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Cicero |
| Addressee | Atticus |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | Εὐμολπιδῶν πάτρια |
| Latin Context | |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: Literary (unknown) |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Cicero asks for information about the Eleusinian mysteries. |
| Comments | Unknown Greek quotation, refering to the the 'ancestral rites of Eumolpus' clan' i.e. the Eleusinian mysteries. NB Shackleton Bailey points out that this is not certainly a quotation, and that "evidently, Atticus already knew what kind of information was needed". |