… 015. §41. On the fenestrated axe, Nagy drew attention to the observations he provided in his recent paper A plane tree in Naflio. See in particular §14A: In a vast hall straight ahead as you enter, which houses Mycen … Read more
… olive tree’ at Delos(3) a dáphnē ‘laurel tree’ in Syria, no further specifics given(4) a plátanos ‘plane tree’ at Kaphyai in Arcadia, which had been planted by Menelaos and which is accordingly named Menelā … Read more
… //classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/learning-to-sing-and-a-dead-master-of-song/. Nagy, G. 2018.03.22. “A plane tree in Nafplio: decorating a reader for travel-study in Greece, March 2018.” Classical Inquiries. http … Read more
… ://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_NagyG.The_Ancient_Greek_Hero_in_24_Hours.2013. Nagy, G. 2018.03.22. “A plane tree in Nafplio: decorating a reader for travel-study in Greece, March 2018.” Classical Inquiries. http … Read more
… waiting to be decorated with ornaments. But now I adjust the simile by comparing the new reader to that famous plane tree so loved by Xerxes, mighty ruler of the Persian Empire, which he honored as his very own Tree of Lif … Read more
… telling scenes. The historian reports that Xerxes, at the beginning of his march toward the Hellespont, finds a plane tree that enthralls him with its beauty: he treasures this tree so dearly that he decorates it with gold … Read more
2016.05.03 | By Guy Smoot Linguists are wont to think of words as monocellular organisms that can be traced back to single ancestors via mitosis: to every word supposedly corresponds a single etymology. I argue, however, that this tradition … Read more
