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Discussing the ancient commentary tradition. An open-source work in (need of) progress... {tweets from @P_RoryCallahan}

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By request, the next ode to get the translate-thread treatment is #Olympian10.

Before we launch into the scholia, some facts:

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26f/22 "No people, until they work, win anything. But victory is a light in their life."

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By request, the next ode to get the translate-thread treatment is #Olympian10.

Before we launch into the scholia, some facts:

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26e/22 Or thus: "No people without toil have joy from any work."

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Evidence that even Pindar was held to Homeric standards.

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26c/22 [Pindar uses] "few" (ὀλίγοι) in place of "no one"(οὐδείς). [See Iliad 5.800]: "Yes, Tydeus begot a son little like himself."

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i.e. Ἀχιλλεύς + Πάτροκλος = 17 letters

If we are correct in reading this scholion, it is a rather odd observation.

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24/21 πελώριον: the two are one phrase of 17 letters.

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Index of Ptolemaic Texts https://t.co/Jnw9LlCuEN

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@PaulMcKenna4 Thanks! Sometime this summer we will put out a request for beta-testers so keep an eye out to sign up!

No coding skills required, just honest feedback about user experience.

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If you're getting a sense of déjà vu, when we get to launching the digital Greek text, you're going to see a version that resolves the redundancies of the MSS traditions. Get prepared for an updated Greek text and numeration for the first time in over 100 years.

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21b/17 Ἰόλᾳ φερέτω χάριν: [Pindar] says, "thus let Hagesidamos the boxer give thanks to Iolaos even as Patroklos did to Achilles." For he fought best in the armor of that man.