11-02-2009, 03:22 PM
I don't know that there's any evidence of Posidonius producing literature in Latin; as far as I know his stuff was all in Greek. So, if we follow the common assumption that Diodorus was heavily reliant on Posidonius for Book V of his history, then ?????????? may in fact be a word Posidonius himself used to describe the javelins he had seen.
The Latin translation of Diodorus that we've been referring to is from the late 18th century, so all it really tells us is how an 18th century author interpreted the terminology that Diodorus was using.
Anyway, your experiments with helix-shaped javelin heads sound very interesting!
The Latin translation of Diodorus that we've been referring to is from the late 18th century, so all it really tells us is how an 18th century author interpreted the terminology that Diodorus was using.
Anyway, your experiments with helix-shaped javelin heads sound very interesting!
