Tribe.net. Local Connections jheem http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8#fd3effe8-dded-4437-9faa-2f0cf3466c8e 2008-01-05T18:14:16Z 2008-01-05T18:14:16Z

I am fascinated by these editorial marks used in the scholia (I believe obelos / obelisk, or dagger, † (U+2020), started out life as one of them). Why does Aristarchus of Samothrace not have his own tribe of adulation or fan website? Also, in the WP, I see that aristarch is an eponym for a judgmental critic. For more fun, see: http://www.stoa.org/sol/

jheem 2008-01-05T18:14:16Z Erling http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8#606133b2-f7cf-4ed2-a449-fec395dc3d91 2008-01-05T17:07:17Z 2008-01-05T17:07:17Z

and i'm sure you know this, but (from wikipedia) A dotted lunate sigma (sigma periestigmenon, encoded at U+03FE Ͼ) is used by Aristarchus of Samothrace as an editorial sign indicating that the line so marked is at an incorrect position. Similarly, an antisigma (encoded at U+03FD Ͻ) may mark a line that is out of place. A dotted antisigma (antisigma periestigmenon, encoded at U+03FF Ͽ) may indicate a line after which rearrangements should be made, or to variant readings of uncertain priority.

Erling 2008-01-05T17:07:17Z Erling http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8#80b857f3-7101-42bd-a356-b3d403bd9a8d 2008-01-05T17:03:14Z 2008-01-05T17:03:14Z

thank god for unicode

Erling 2008-01-05T17:03:14Z jheem http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8#72f2e38d-9157-4329-a83f-fb30432fa52a 2008-01-05T00:47:09Z 2008-01-05T00:47:09Z

The Roman emperor Claudius was also interested in things linguistic. He invented three letters that never caught on with the rest of the Romans. They are antisigma Ↄ, digamma inversum Ⅎ, and Ⱶ. They stood for bs/ps (as in urbs 'city'), v (versus u), and Greek υ (like German /ü/).

jheem 2008-01-05T00:47:09Z