tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post2669584269583010923..comments2024-03-25T08:41:57.698+13:00Comments on Kiwi Hellenist: Who preserved Greek literature? (Part 1)Peter Gainsfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-45861177533410872982020-09-14T12:27:04.843+12:002020-09-14T12:27:04.843+12:00Well, arabs dont like narrative fiction. They valu...Well, arabs dont like narrative fiction. They value more their own poetry. <br />So the works transmitted via the Arab world were practical sciences : astronomy, mathematics, and so on.rey de la atlantidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09232585753041720300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-23045600756926524812020-08-24T06:56:49.761+12:002020-08-24T06:56:49.761+12:00Read "Scribes and Scholars" by Reynolds ...Read "Scribes and Scholars" by Reynolds and Wilson. The book covers some of the main manuscripts preserved across Europe in about 260 pages. There are many hundreds of them. Far too many for a blog post. VDGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895250656503446647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-60908336250275748242020-07-29T17:16:51.663+12:002020-07-29T17:16:51.663+12:00This article has a lot of words, but as it general...This article has a lot of words, but as it generalises it is not at all convincing.<br />F. E. the author should have taken some important Greek books and should have demonstrated how they survived. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16836129752682866221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-76934807646230120792020-02-15T12:07:34.483+13:002020-02-15T12:07:34.483+13:00Thank you so much for your positive feedback on my...Thank you so much for your positive feedback on my website! Your articles are a huge inspiration to me, so it means a lot to hear that you appreciate my work. I've been writing articles on my site since November 2016. For the past year or so, I've been publishing usually at least one article every week, sometimes more than that. I write about a variety of different areas of history, but Spencer McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14784602880680601679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-31869437699629568632020-02-13T22:24:09.706+13:002020-02-13T22:24:09.706+13:00Nicely done! I hadn't encountered your website...Nicely done! I hadn't encountered your website previously -- it's something to see. I'm amazed at what you report about EPCOT. I'm a little more hesitant to criticise Pomeroy et al., because they didn't know what social media was going to say on the topic, and hey, it was the 1970s, but I definitely see where you're coming from there too. The more people that document how Peter Gainsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-56005192158785710992020-02-12T14:36:25.597+13:002020-02-12T14:36:25.597+13:00Oh—in case you were wondering about that article I...Oh—in case you were wondering about that article I mentioned that I wrote in my previous comment, <a href="http://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2020/01/21/if-you-like-ancient-greek-texts-thank-the-byzantines-for-preserving-them/" rel="nofollow">here's a link to it</a>. It draws on your article (which I reference in my article) as well as some other works I've read, including Anthony KaldellisSpencer McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14784602880680601679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-57453181192363165102020-02-12T12:35:29.145+13:002020-02-12T12:35:29.145+13:00It is fascinating how widespread the idea that the...It is fascinating how widespread the idea that the majority of ancient Greek texts have survived only through Arabic translations has become. It is far from just Wikipedia that has promoted this notion. The misconception can be found everywhere from theme park rides at Walt Disney World to college textbooks about ancient Greece written by experts.<br /><br />At EPCOT at Walt Disney World in Spencer McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14784602880680601679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-11068566719001680422019-12-13T09:02:39.647+13:002019-12-13T09:02:39.647+13:00Where do the texts have to get to for them to be c...Where do the texts have to get to for them to be considered 'transmitted'? That tells you who's focalised in the narrative.<br /><br />If the answer is 'modern editions', you're telling a story from your own point of view -- 'how did I get access to these texts?'. Arabic translations won't feature in that story.<br /><br />If the answer is 'western Peter Gainsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-7929907141871659092019-12-12T20:58:18.542+13:002019-12-12T20:58:18.542+13:00I fail to see how putting an unwaranted emphasis o...I fail to see how putting an unwaranted emphasis on the arab translation is a case of eurocentrism, when this historical narrative is especially pushed to undermine western achievements in the Middle-Ages and to disconnect christian Europe from its Greek roots. <br /><br />It's the very opposite of colonialism, it's an attempt at decolonization. Unless you think the Arab world is part of Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735766535996933595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-81142128120491639182019-12-12T08:13:32.451+13:002019-12-12T08:13:32.451+13:00That is ... pretty much the point of this piece. T...That is ... pretty much the point of this piece. Though you're not the first to object that I should have given a summary of the true story as well as critiquing a myth. I'm not sure I have time to do a write up before the New Year though.Peter Gainsfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-58350114599411980572019-12-12T07:57:03.312+13:002019-12-12T07:57:03.312+13:00Boy, talk about Western centric emphasis. Did you ...Boy, talk about Western centric emphasis. Did you forget about transmission of Ancient Greek knowledge by the Medieval Greeks of the Eastern Roman (or Byzantine Empire. This was continuous from the fall of Western Rome to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 AD and beyond as Byzantine refugee scholars fled to the West, especially Italy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997742842422702652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-31628584162210520922019-12-10T20:16:41.648+13:002019-12-10T20:16:41.648+13:00Thanks for this; very enlighteningThanks for this; very enlighteningAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17524946426172974804noreply@blogger.com