'... modern texts [of Herodotus] keep the initial aspirate as 'a venerable absurdity' (Powell) [note 158: Papyri of Herodotus display psilosis more often than not.]'
So, A.M. Bowie apud S. Hornblower (ed.), Herodotus: Histories Book V. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2013: 43.
The reference to Powell's assessment is J. Enoch Powell (ed.) Herodotus: Book VIII. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1939: xviii.
Wednesday, 5 March 2014
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment