TwoNoteableCorruptions
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D. W. Daniel's gives this date above:
This is Simonides original family name (in contrast to the later step-family).
Simonides himself proclaimed, according to Lycurgos' "Enthullungen", Page 45, in 1856, that he was "thirty three years old", meaning he would have to have been born in 1823, to be that age in 1856.
So, now, we have, not just two inconsistencies, but three, for the year of his birth:
And we have two inconsistencies for the day of his birth:
There are a lot of inconsistencies and discrepancies in Simonides ever-shifting narrative. Normal people don't have a problem remembering there birth date/day - at all.
- 1820, November 5, Constantine Leonidas Photios was born
This is Simonides original family name (in contrast to the later step-family).
Simonides himself proclaimed, according to Lycurgos' "Enthullungen", Page 45, in 1856, that he was "thirty three years old", meaning he would have to have been born in 1823, to be that age in 1856.
- 1856, Simonides says he's "thirty three years old"
So, now, we have, not just two inconsistencies, but three, for the year of his birth:
- 1820, year Simonides was born
- 1823, year Simonides was born
- 1824, year Simonides was born
And we have two inconsistencies for the day of his birth:
- November 5th, day Simonides was born
- November 11th, day Simonides was born
There are a lot of inconsistencies and discrepancies in Simonides ever-shifting narrative. Normal people don't have a problem remembering there birth date/day - at all.