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Previously unknown verses by Empedocles found on papyrus thehistoryblog.com

aap_4 hours ago

So is there any way to actually read it? Or do i have to buy an obscure french book? can you even buy the book? Academic publishing/gatekeeping is such a joke.

pfdietz2 hours ago

I'm hoping in these verses Empedocles complains about crappy copper from a Babylonian merchant.

canjobearan hour ago

It will probably be processed into an edited edition and then published as a book.

bombcar3 hours ago

494 B.C.? Empedocles’ll DMCA you if you post them!

jblitzar2 hours ago

I mean, it's still a pretty cool discovery.

aap_an hour ago

Probably! but how would i know?

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