I.2.13 (2)
ID | 980 |
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Corpus | Cicero: Ad Quintum Fratrem |
Reference | I.2.13 (2) |
Reference 2 | n/a |
Date | 25/10/59 |
Source | Letter |
Author | Cicero |
Addressee | Quintus |
Citation Greek Code Switch | ἅπαξ θανεῖν |
Latin Context | de Censorino, Antonio, Cassiis, Scaevola, te ab iis diligi, ut scribis, uehementer gaudeo, cetera fuerunt in eadem epistula graviora quam uellem, ‘ὀρθὰν τὰν ναῦν’ et ‘ἅπαξ θανεῖν.’ maiora ista erant. |
Inter/Intra Sentential | Intra? |
Function Code Switch | Quotation: Quintus | Quotation: Literary (Aeschylus (partial)) |
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
Context | Quintus in danger of prosecution? Cicero quotes Quintus' letter, in which he used these quotations to demonstrate that he proposed to make the best of things (in response to Cicero's criticisms of his behaviour). Cicero complains that Quintus' letter took a graver tone than he would have wished. |
Comments | Quotation from Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 750. |