miles gloriosus
- n a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy)
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- CBS, Logan still have some explaining to do
The comic figure of the braggart soldier first appears in Plautus’s play “Miles Gloriosus” in roughly 200 B.C., although the Roman dramatist acknowledged a now-lost Greek model. So it’s surprising that somebody who’s spent as much time in war zones as “60 Minutes’” Lara Logan failed to recognize the type: a swaggering, self-anointed hero describing military feats nobody witnessed but him.
Nov. 15, 2013 - Grand Island Independent - CBS blows it on Beghazi
The comic figure of the braggart soldier first appears in Plautus's play "Miles Gloriosus" in roughly 200 BC, although the Roman dramatist acknowledged a now-lost Greek model. So it's surprising that somebody who's spent as much time in war zones as "60 Minutes' " Lara Logan failed to recognize the type: a swaggering, self-anointed hero describing military feats nobody witnessed but him. by Gene ...
Nov. 13, 2013 - Arkansas Times