Aug. 96.2

ID 990
Corpus Suetonius
Reference Aug. 96.2
Reference 2 n/a
Date
Source Narration
Author Suetonius
Addressee (unknown)
Citation Greek Code Switch Eutychus
Latin Context apud Actium descendenti in aciem asellus cum asinario occurrit: homini Eutychus, bestiae Nicon erat nomen, utriusque simulacrum aeneum uictor posuit in templo in quod castrorum suorum locum uertit
Inter/Intra Sentential Intra
Function Code Switch Naming: personal name
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Syntactic/Grammatical Info
Context Describes incident before Battle of Actium when Augustus encountered a man called Eutychus and a beast called Nicon. Encounter taken as good omens after the victory.
Comments Understanding of Greek required to understand the significance of the two names