Re: Annedoti, Anon (Re: A China-Sumer connection)
From: Lukas Pietsch (lukas.pietsch_at_invalid-uni-hamburg.de)
Date: 03/03/05
- Next message: a.manansala_at_attbi.com: "Re: A China-Sumer connection"
- Previous message: Lukas Pietsch: "Re: Annedoti, Anon (Re: A China-Sumer connection)"
- In reply to: benlizross: "Re: Annedoti, Anon (Re: A China-Sumer connection)"
- Next in thread: Jacques Guy: "Re: Annedoti, Anon (Re: A China-Sumer connection)"
- Reply: Jacques Guy: "Re: Annedoti, Anon (Re: A China-Sumer connection)"
- Reply: benlizross: "Re: Annedoti, Anon (Re: A China-Sumer connection)"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 19:22:38 +0100
benlizross wrote:
> Except that (i) Paul is quoting Apollodorus, who is quoting, commenting,
> paraphrasing and interpreting Berossus; (ii) the word "Annedotos"
> appears in the quote, but not the bogus plural; in fact it may have been
> Apollodorus who interpreted the word as a generic, as implied by the
> phrases "second Annedotos" etc.; in the original text it is applied
> _only_ to the first creature; (iii) words such as "abomination" or
> "repulsive" do not appear in this quote. In fact there is no evidence
> whatsoever that the word "Anedottos" has this meaning in Greek or any
> other language.
>
Hey, I'm getting confused. Which was the "original text", and why is it
more original than the Apollodorus version rendered by Synkellos or whoever?
Lukas
(just to let the confusion grow further)
- Next message: a.manansala_at_attbi.com: "Re: A China-Sumer connection"
- Previous message: Lukas Pietsch: "Re: Annedoti, Anon (Re: A China-Sumer connection)"
- In reply to: benlizross: "Re: Annedoti, Anon (Re: A China-Sumer connection)"
- Next in thread: Jacques Guy: "Re: Annedoti, Anon (Re: A China-Sumer connection)"
- Reply: Jacques Guy: "Re: Annedoti, Anon (Re: A China-Sumer connection)"
- Reply: benlizross: "Re: Annedoti, Anon (Re: A China-Sumer connection)"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Relevant Pages
|
