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Type 31258

	Μιμῇ κακῶς Λάκωνα μακροῖς ἐν λόγοις.
	Αἴκα γὰρ ἐχρῆν ἢ μικρὸν πλέον φάναι
	καὶ συμπεραίνειν τῶν Λακώνων τοὺς λόγους.

Text source	M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 87-89
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Sparta Thucydides (5th c. BC)
Tag(s)	Criticism of the author Reference to content of the book Scholium
Translation(s)	He [Thuc.] imitates a Spartan badly here with this long speech. For they need say only “if,” or only a bit more, and that would suffice to wrap up a Spartan speech. Language English Source(s) A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 70 Riproduci malamente l'ethos di uno Spartano con discorsi prolissi. Bisognava dire αἴκα o poco più, e metter fine velocemente ai discorsi degli Spartani. Language Italian Source(s) M. Luzzatto, 1999, Tzetzes lettore di Tucidide: note autografe sul Codice Heidelberg Palatino Greco 252, Bari: 89
Bibliography	Primary C. Hude, 1973, Scholia in Thucydidem ad optimos codices collata, New York: 69 Secondary A. Kaldellis, 2015, Byzantine Readings of Ancient Historians, Abingdon and New York: 70-71
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[31259] μιμῇ κακ(ῶς) λάκωνα, μακρ(οῖς) \| ἐν, λόγ(οις) [1146-1155] HEIDELBERG - Universitätsbibliothek - Palat. gr. 252 [851-950] (f. 33v) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 467: "Ioann. Tzetzes*, Scholium in Thucydidem (1.85.1)"
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