tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post7527843415951584720..comments2024-03-19T21:41:42.835+01:00Comments on Poemas del río Wang: Ars magna lucis et umbraeStudiolumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377777909296284368noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-67992482216731987062013-02-04T10:55:41.027+01:002013-02-04T10:55:41.027+01:00I don't read Eco in italian anymore, since I h...I don't read Eco in italian anymore, since I have met Rio Wang :-)<br />(I thought that Per aspera ad astra was Minnesotan slang, anyway)Effenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-47874177851270599472013-02-03T18:07:06.229+01:002013-02-03T18:07:06.229+01:00So Kansas must belong to one of my imaginary world...So Kansas must belong to one of my imaginary worlds, one of those where they still speak latin, at least to be in connection with some magical constellation …Catherinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-2136224076391907452013-02-03T15:50:13.981+01:002013-02-03T15:50:13.981+01:00Well, to tell the truth, the label “Lybia, in Sout...Well, to tell the truth, the label “Lybia, in South Africa” is mistaken anyway. In Eratosthenes’ “present-day”, Lybia war “the rest of Africa”, and not just the South, and he was born anyway in the north, on the coastline. So, in spite of all my efforts of advocatus diaboli, it must be a simple typo.Studiolumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377777909296284368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-92082557191139177702013-02-03T15:28:26.269+01:002013-02-03T15:28:26.269+01:00Ok, I see what you mean in the ancient-world map. ...Ok, I see what you mean in the ancient-world map. The wording led me to think of "present-day" Libya today, not the Libya of Eratosthenes' "present-day".Lloyd Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08215855379263509739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-14236886894146618412013-02-03T14:35:10.668+01:002013-02-03T14:35:10.668+01:00Well, you see how in his world map Lybia is much m...Well, you see how <a href="http://cartographic-images.net/112_Eratosthenes.html" rel="nofollow">in his world map</a> Lybia is much more to the south than Egypt? ;) Maybe he knew the exact length of the meridian, but he had no key to that of Africa…Studiolumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377777909296284368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565845984512808077.post-77854460872771626362013-02-03T14:14:31.597+01:002013-02-03T14:14:31.597+01:00Well, I certainly never intended to start a series...Well, I certainly never intended to start a series of posts on the subject of meridians, but it is indeed gratifying to see it turn into one. I have certainly enjoyed every one of them. And I regret not having time to comment on Catherine's excellent and illuminating post on the subject from a few days back. There was little that could be added, in any event. <br /><br />One thing, the English-language 'interview' with Eratosthenes that you cite is interesting but claims that Libya is in "South Africa", an incomprehensible error. (Admittedly, it is unimportant to your commentary.)<br /><br />And if one has to learn Hungarian to properly read Eco in translation, then I'd best get to work. Ad astra per aspera, as they say in Kansas.<br />Lloyd Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08215855379263509739noreply@blogger.com