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  "thread": {
    "id": 6684,
    "subject": "Latro",
    "messages": 2,
    "voices": 2,
    "first": "2014-10-12T17:25:57+00:00",
    "last": "2014-10-12T18:46:37+00:00"
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      "message_id": "<CAJ8=rtj_ZQp7NNbUBP2E3W60_WRJgUMRGpukFTfiOWbXM_vZ5Q@mail.gmail.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes",
        "address": "danldo at gmail.com"
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      "date": "2014-10-12T17:25:57+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Latro",
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          "text": "Wiktionary lists three meanings for the Latin word \"latro\":\n1. mercenary\n2. highwayman; brigand\n3. chessman; pawn\n\nI've seen some discussion of Latro's role as a mercenary, somewhat less of\nhis role as a pawn. But has anyone anything to say about his role as a\nbrigand?"
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          "text": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes"
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      "message_id": "<CAF1072zRgiqEBzAkdOm9jMEw3v7KB8tcukz2E=5jpi8pfMijmg@mail.gmail.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Marc Aramini",
        "address": "marcaramini at gmail.com"
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      "date": "2014-10-12T18:46:37+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Latro",
      "in_reply_to": "<CAJ8=rtj_ZQp7NNbUBP2E3W60_WRJgUMRGpukFTfiOWbXM_vZ5Q@mail.gmail.com>",
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          "text": "Anything manly or combative is under Latro's provenance, since he is\nclosely associated with Pleistorus and Ares. In the texts I think much\nwas made of \"Latro\" meaning simply something close to soldier ...\nbrigand might be simply something of a pejorative view of a free\ncompany man of arms.\n\n[ He doesn't have to fit every definition of the word, after all -\nmight be like trying to take \"He lies in bed\" as indicating someone\nwho prevaricates while supine.]"
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          "text": "On 10/12/14, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:\nWiktionary lists three meanings for the Latin word \"latro\":\n1. mercenary\n2. highwayman; brigand\n3. chessman; pawn\n\nI've seen some discussion of Latro's role as a mercenary, somewhat less of\nhis role as a pawn. But has anyone anything to say about his role as a\nbrigand?\n\n--\nDan'l Danehy-Oakes"
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