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Rye (or spelt) ???
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Thanks to an unfollowable stream on Twitter, I came upon the website of Joshua Nudell, an historian with an interest in ancient Greek breads. A post of his, translating from Athenaeus’s Deipnosophistae, refers in passing to "the loaf from rye (or spelt)". That's strange. So I left a comment on the post, as follows:
I don't know Ancient Greek, but I do know some ancient and modern cereals, so I am hoping you can elaborate on this. Does the list mean two different loaves, one of rye and one of spelt? Or does it mean that rye is sometimes known as spelt, which would be a very interesting reading indeed.
Thanks.
This could be interesting.
.@jpnudell (Apparently long threads can get lost so I was asked to break them up, hence the choppiness)
A better solution might be to also write on your own website, or even at Humanties Commons. Somewhere we can avoid the choppiness and understand you better.
You're right! Apologies for that. Apparently those icons need JS.
Now to work out why your reply didn't show up on my site.
How did I find the link? https://stream.jeremycherfas.net/2020/just-discovered-i-have-a-digital-note
I read both of the pieces Chris Aldrich linked to, and my main response was to feel underwhelmed. Maybe that's because I don't have the baggage of caring one whit about George Washington's teeth. And of the other discussion, on "open" I am too ignorant to form an opinion.
Yay, and welcome to WithKnown. Glad to see you got it working. One comment, I think that the twitter logo might be missing from the syndicated link for this post.