Μύστακα
upper lip; moustache
Translated by David Whitehead30 Jul 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μύστακα· τὸ χεῖλος. Ἰωάννην τὸν Μυστάκωνα παρεστήσατο, καὶ χειροτονεῖ τὸν Λογγίβαρδον. ζήτει ἐν τῷ ἀπόνοια.
Betacode
*mu/staka: to\ xei=los. *)iwa/nnhn to\n *musta/kwna paresth/sato, kai\ xeirotonei= to\n *loggi/bardon. zh/tei e)n tw=| a)po/noia.
Notes (2)
- The headword is in the accusative case, evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Eubulus fr. 113 Kock, now 112 K.-A., though there are other possibilities).
- 2Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 2.17.8, on John's appointment as general in Thrace (587); cf. de Boor (104) and Whitby (67). On Maurice, see mu 294 generally. On John, see PLRE IIIb s.v. Ioannes(101). On Drocton (actually a Swabian, but captured as a boy and raised by Lombards), see PLRE IIIa s.v. Droctulfus(1). ↩
- 3For more about facial hair [alpha 3460]. ↩
References
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)
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)
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- expanded n.2, added bibliography and cross-reference — Ronald Allen
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead