Re[2]: [tied] Re: The Philistines

At 6:11:20 PM on Monday, March 10, 2003, Glen Gordon wrote:

> Afterall, one site
> (http://www.metrum.org/gyges/tyrannos.htm) mentions: "No
> matter what was the original meaning of the word .us
> tyrannos, the Greeks understood it as having the meaning
> of military leader, specifically of leader of hoplite
> troops."

I have no idea whether Stecchini is right about this, but
I'd look for independent verification: his views of the
history of mensuration and the measurement of the earth,
also to be found at <www.metrum.org>, are sheer crankery.
But he may have been a much better classicist, for all I
know.

Brian