12-16-2009, 06:36 AM
Quote:Quote:Without having done so I fail to understand your rather dogmatic dismissal of the ideas of those who’ve worked with the actual piece....what makes you think they are working from the 'real thing' rather than the same photos we have access to ?
Because it says so right in the article:
Quote:A visit by Hatzopoulos to the estate of Topsin at that time [1982] yielded several inscriptions, four of which were walled in the doorposts of the two porches at the entrances to the estate. In 1986, Hatzopoulos copied the inscriptions and wrote descriptions of the reliefs that were then displayed at Topsin. By 2001, the estate of Topsin had been bought by the Greek Ministry of Defense to serve as a museum; when Hatzopoulos revisited it, he discovered that two of the four inscribed stelae had been removed. An investigated eventually revealed that they had been transported to the Kilkis Archaeological Museum, where they are currently displayed in the courtyard.
It also mentions later on that Juhel had also discovered the stelae independently of Hatzopoulos before they were moved, so both authors have made actual examinations of the stele.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
