Monday, November 21, 2022
Contending Emendations
J.S. Phillimore, "Dogmatic Diviners and Propertius," Classical Review 31.3/4 (May-June, 1917) 86-96 (at 93):
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[I]t would be a great mistake to imagine that conjectures serve no good purpose, even when they are demonstrably futile. There is no better means of solving a crucial passage than by clearing and narrowing the issue through the cross-examination of contending emendations. Such discussion has always been the means of rubbing rusty bits of text bright.
