[lit-ideas] "The Stick of Archilochus -- and Other Legends, by M. J Geary, DD
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:06:35 EDT
1988 Classical Q. 38 44 Archilochus' message-stick has nothing to do with
writing, but is a relic of the old oral culture in which he and his audience
grew up.
-- I would like to learn about this man. His stick interests me. I would
assume Geary even keeps a relic of the message stick.
I always assumed those signs (tatoos) in the stick to be graphemes, but if
we are to trust the Classical Q(ueer?), they have "nothing to do with writing".
So they _must_ be merely ideographic ieroglyphs (not yet graphia) imbued
with some mystic fertility power. This may explain why Geary keeps the stick in
the attic.
Cheers,
JL
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