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Elementary, my dear Lycians: a pronouncement on physics from Diogenes of Oinoanda1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

Martin Ferguson Smith
Martin Ferguson Smith
Affiliation:
Isle of Foula, Shetland Islands
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Since 1968 Oinoanda in northern Lycia has been the scene of investigations by members of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara. A major objective of the work has been the discovery and rediscovery of pieces of the Greek inscription set up, probably in the first half of the second century AD, by the Epicurean philosopher Diogenes. In 1997, with the generous permission and support of the Directorate-General of Monuments and Museums and with the welcome collaboration of Ibrahim Malkoç, Director of the Fethiye Museum, and his colleagues, excavation was possible for the first time. The season, though very short and on a very small scale, brought to light 10 new fragments of the inscription (see Smith 1998) — finds which raised the total of new fragments recovered since 1968 to 135 and the total of known fragments (88 were discovered late in the 19th century) to 223.

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Anatolian Studies , Volume 50 , December 2000 , pp. 133 - 138
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Copyright © The British Institute at Ankara 2000

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