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Headword:
*ge/lws
platu/s
Adler number: gamma,116
Translated headword: broad laughter
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The Persian "had driven to such an extent of insolence as to pour broad scorn upon his informants." Simocat[t]a says [this].[1]
Greek Original:*ge/lws platu/s: o( de\ *pe/rshs e)s tosou=ton e)lhla/kei frua/gmatos w(s ge/lwta tw=n a)ggello/ntwn kataxe/ein platu/n. *simoka/ths fhsi/.
Note:
[1] Theophylact Simocatta,
Histories 2.2.1; on the Persian military commander Kardarigan's contempt for his scouts' report that the Romans had established a secure camp nearby (spring of 586); cf. de Boor (72), Whitby (45), and
beta 372. On Kardarigan see PLRE IIIa s.v. Cardarigan(1).
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIa, (Cambridge, 1992)
Keywords: biography; ethics; geography; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 24 June 2002@11:19:04.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 25 June 2002@03:47:01.
David Whitehead (more keywords; cosmetics) on 5 June 2012@05:34:32.
David Whitehead on 19 January 2014@06:57:37.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 19 January 2014@18:31:20.
Ronald Allen (tweaked translation after discussion with Catharine Roth; added bibliography, cross-reference, and keyword) on 16 March 2025@12:53:22.
Catharine Roth (tweaklet) on 17 March 2025@00:37:26.
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