• Rachelhazideas@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Left end of the bell curve: wow signed first edition of the Illiad is so rare

    Middle of the bell curve: haha she’s stupid because Homer is from ancient Greece

    Right end of the bell curve: wow signed first edition of the Illiad is so rare

    (The Illiad as a modern translated work can have multiple editions from an author)

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        1 year ago

        I can get you a signed edition of the Bible right now as long as you don’t care which company printed it or who signs it

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        1 year ago

        Further right of the bell curve than you just to win the silly semantics game you’re playing: if you’re calling it “The Illiad” and not “Ἰλιάς” you are defacto referring to the book titled “The Illiad” which is the English translation which indeed had a much more recent publication date than the original work.