http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8#fd3effe8-dded-4437-9faa-2f0cf3466c8e 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/ Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:14:16 GMT http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8#fd3effe8-dded-4437-9faa-2f0cf3466c8e jheem 2008-01-05T18:14:16Z http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8#606133b2-f7cf-4ed2-a449-fec395dc3d91 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. Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:07:17 GMT http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8#606133b2-f7cf-4ed2-a449-fec395dc3d91 Erling 2008-01-05T17:07:17Z http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8#80b857f3-7101-42bd-a356-b3d403bd9a8d thank god for unicode Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:03:14 GMT http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8#80b857f3-7101-42bd-a356-b3d403bd9a8d Erling 2008-01-05T17:03:14Z http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8#72f2e38d-9157-4329-a83f-fb30432fa52a 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/). Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:47:09 GMT http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/e2aef6f6-1169-4502-b26d-db13204364f8#72f2e38d-9157-4329-a83f-fb30432fa52a jheem 2008-01-05T00:47:09Z