Richard Janko, “The Derveni Papyrus” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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What Is the Date of the Book?
The book had to be written either somewhat before then, and since we don't have other manuscripts from that time. It's very hard to say exactly when it was because we have nothing with which to compare it. The question then comes back to internal analysis. You look at the text and you try to work out when somebody wrote like this. And of course, languages change, style changes.
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