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by mci
143 days ago
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Interesting. Apion's description of the pessoi game mentioned in the Odyssey: flicking pebbles toward the Penelope-pebble convinces me more than translating pessoi as draughts. The problem with Apion's description is: - There were 108 suitors (we know this from the Odyssey 16.245-254 [1]). - All that Homer told us is: They were gladdening their hearts at pessoi in front of the doors, sitting on the hides of oxen which they themselves had slain (the Odyssey 1.106-108 [2]). - You can't have 108 sitting men play the same game of marbles. IMHO, pessoi was a 1:1 game and it was not a board game. [1] https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Od.+16.24... [2] https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Od.+1.106... |
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