XII.14.7 (405)
| ID | 921 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Cicero: Ad Familiares |
| Reference | XII.14.7 (405) |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | 01/08/44 |
| Source | Letter |
| Author | Lentulus |
| Addressee | Cicero |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | πατρίδα ἐμὴν μᾶλλον φιλῶν |
| Latin Context | sed 'πατρίδα ἐμὴν μᾶλλον φιλῶν' omnibus meis bellum primus indixi. |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: Literary (Euripides?) |
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| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Lentulus attributes his actions in undertaking war on those close to him to love of his country. |
| Comments | Shackleton Bailey suggests this quotation may be from Euripides' Erechtheus. |