Note 053
On the Persian language, and its three
dialects, consult D'Anquetil (p. 339 - 343) and Jones, (p.
153 - 185.):
is the character which Agathias (l. ii. p. 66) ascribes to an idiom renowned in the East for poetical
softness.
The History Of The Decline And
Fall Of The Roman Empire
—Fall In The East
—Chapter 42