1 Tfi/vn: cf. technique, technical.
5
apiOTO^:
cf. aristocracy. Perhaps anticipate ideas about vo^oc; and ^vaic; by discussing
the notion that noble birth = superiority.
15 Note the use of
Socrates as a verb - ‘you’re Socrateasing me’; compare Cratinos’ usage
Evprni5apiaxo^av(Z® (Cratinos PCG iv.342).
13
Note
naT5ec from the nai5- root.
The rhapsode’s claims sound ridiculous, but
try to use the episode to discuss the enormous authority accorded to Homer and
the still persistent feeling that reading a book by a hallowed expert transfers
some of that hallowed expertise to the reader. How far can this be taken?
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