It's a very rare find
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Left end of the bell curve: wow signed first edition of the Illiad is so rare
Middle of the bell curve: haha she's stupid because Homer is from ancient Greece
Right end of the bell curve: wow signed first edition of the Illiad is so rare
(The Illiad as a modern translated work can have multiple editions from an author)
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If anybody's wondering... (Youtube link)
Also, ooof. Not that this looks to be a fine piece of cinema, but the writer didn't put this into the script, the director did. Apparently it's an 1884 printing of an 1853 edition of a 1720 translation (Pope's), so in no way whatsoever is it first edition of, well, anything. Maybe the worst part of it is that there was absolutely no reason to linger over the title. They never even say the name of the book.
Someone in the props department snuck in a joke.
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Left end of the bell curve: wow signed first edition of the Illiad is so rare
Middle of the bell curve: haha she's stupid because Homer is from ancient Greece
Right end of the bell curve: wow signed first edition of the Illiad is so rare
(The Illiad as a modern translated work can have multiple editions from an author)
Actual bell curve: a eugenics source book also the basis for Idiocracy so you decide I guess.
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This guy could sell a letter written (in French!) by Jesus himself, among other rarities
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Vrain-LucasOh man, when French Jesus turns water into wine, you know it’s good…
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Left end of the bell curve: wow signed first edition of the Illiad is so rare
Middle of the bell curve: haha she's stupid because Homer is from ancient Greece
Right end of the bell curve: wow signed first edition of the Illiad is so rare
(The Illiad as a modern translated work can have multiple editions from an author)
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Actual Right End: that's not what you'd refer to as a first edition of The Illiad, unless you're an idiot
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"The lord has given unto you these 15 —"
crash
"... 10 commandments!"
wrote on last edited by [email protected]There are in fact 21 listed Commandments btw
The first eleven (which it says are ten) listed in Exodus are different from the ones commonly repeated from Deuteronomy and are mostly about ensuring the comfort and power of the priest class through tithing
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He most likely wasn't a carpenter at all, the Greek just says 'builder'. Probably a stone mason
That explains the awful table.
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Actual Right End: that's not what you'd refer to as a first edition of The Illiad, unless you're an idiot
I can get you a signed edition of the Bible right now as long as you don’t care which company printed it or who signs it
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What's like the coolest, most impressive literary book you can think of? But it has to be something most idiots will recognize.
I don't know, The Iliad?
Awesome. I need a rare book for this screenplay I'm writing. "First edition, signed copy..."
This is an AI style blunder.
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I can get you a signed edition of the Bible right now as long as you don’t care which company printed it or who signs it
Which Pope?
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Rare texts are kinda my jam, a few highlights in my collection:
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A signed first edition of the Necronomicon (it still screams and bleeds)
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An early draft of the 10 commandments (before it got narrowed down to just 10)
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The treatise between cats and dogs that lead to cats getting litter boxes and dogs getting walks
FYI, a treatise is not the same as a treaty.
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Actual Right End: that's not what you'd refer to as a first edition of The Illiad, unless you're an idiot
Further right of the bell curve than you just to win the silly semantics game you're playing: if you're calling it "The Illiad" and not "Ἰλιάς" you are defacto referring to the book titled "The Illiad" which is the English translation which indeed had a much more recent publication date than the original work.
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I can get you a signed edition of the Bible right now as long as you don’t care which company printed it or who signs it
op said first edition, not signed
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Technically, he doesn't invent them. He's just riding the trend.
Also, probably the best scene in that movie.
A bit more nuanced then I remembered.
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Which Pope?
Original Author
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op said first edition, not signed
They just a word
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I can get you a signed edition of the Bible right now as long as you don’t care which company printed it or who signs it
Or which edition it is.
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op said first edition, not signed
Ok, pick a scroll any scroll
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FYI, a treatise is not the same as a treaty.
Don’t tell them that
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