Jul. 30.5
| ID | 982 |
|---|---|
| Corpus | Suetonius |
| Reference | Jul. 30.5 |
| Reference 2 | n/a |
| Date | |
| Source | Manuscript Gloss |
| Author | (scribe of manuscript) |
| Addressee | (unknown) |
| Citation Greek Code Switch | εἴπερ γὰρ ἀδικεῖν χρή, τυραννίδος περί κάλλιστον ἀδίκημα· τὰ δ’ ἄλλα εὐσεβεῖν χρεών |
| Latin Context | quod existimasse uidebatur et Cicero scribens de Officiis tertio libro semper Caesarem in ore habuisse [est in Phoenissis: εἴπερ γὰρ ἀδικεῖν χρή, τυραννίδος πέρι κάλλιστον ἀδίκημα· τὰ δ’ ἄλλα εὐσεβεῖν χρεώ<ν>] Euripidis uersus, quos sic ipse conuertit: |
| Inter/Intra Sentential | Inter? |
| Function Code Switch | Quotation: literary (Euripides) |
| Flagging | |
| Syntactic/Grammatical Info | |
| Context | Suetonius cites passage of Cicero's de officiis in which he gives a version of the verses of Euripides that Caesar is said to have 'always had on his lips'. |
| Comments | According to Rolfe's commentary in Loeb, scribe of manuscript seems to have added the gloss of the verses of Euripides. Cicero reference = de officiis 3.82; cf.1.26 |