XIII.15.1 (317)
| ID | 891 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Cicero: Ad Familiares |
| Reference | XIII.15.1 (317) |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 01/05/45 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Cicero |
| Addressee | Caesar |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | μισῶ σοφιστήν, ὁστις οὐχ αὑτῷ σοφός |
| Latin Context | itaque ab Homeri magniloquentia confero me ad vera praecepta Εὐριπιδου: μισῶ σοφιστήν, ὁστις οὐχ αὑτῷ σοφός. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Inter |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: literary (Euripides) | Naming: personal name |
| Flagging | "itaque ab Homeri magniloquentia confero me ad vera praecepta" |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Cicero turns self-consciously to advice from Euripidies; quotes a line extolled by Precilius. |
| Comments | Euripides' name in Greek genitive whilst Homer's is given in Latin form. Shackleton Bailey: line (absent from extant version of Euripides' Medea) may be the original of Ennius' Latin version quoted in Latin in Fam. VII.6 (27), spoken by Medea. |