Myths on Maps

January 30, 2017

Pausanius and "confidence" ratings

Posted by on 30 Jan 2017 in Activity log

Due to Pausanius being a compulsively inaccurate historian, I have been quickly background checking the events I am creating of his accounts.

We have decided on using the element "confidence=" with a 0-1 rating to give the next person on the project an idea of how accurate Pausanius is. I background check every event (quickly) and am looking for at least one reliable source that is not referring to Pausanius in order to determine validity. I have used "1.0" as absolute confidence that the event has taken place and "0" if there is no evidence. Most events fall somewhere in between.

January 25, 2017

Pausanius January 25/17

Posted by on 25 Jan 2017 in Activity log
Worked in Chapter 2 creating events that were missed. Ended on Praxiteles.1.2.4 Look back to 1.2.3 HOURS: 2:30-4:30 (2)

Work done Jan 25

Posted by on 25 Jan 2017 in Activity log
Continued work on homers the Iliad, went to book 24, 24.642. Fixed minor errors. Time Spent: 1:25-3:25
January 24, 2017

Paus - January 24th

Posted by on 24 Jan 2017 in Activity log

Fixed quite a bit in 1.3.3.Ended on creating an Uknown God in 1.4.4 There are a handful more fixes in the first chapter and then I should be catching up to where I was.

Hours worked: 2:30-4:30 (2)

January 23, 2017

January 23 Pausanius

Posted by on 23 Jan 2017 in Activity log
A lot of investigation today. Ended back on event 9203, 1.1.3 : had to circle back and create events for the beginning. Found characters that I missed creating links for. Ended on DEMOS. Not sure how I'll approach it. Hours: 9:30-3:30 (6)

Pausanius and Mother of the Gods

Posted by on 23 Jan 2017 in Activity log
Pausanius 1.3.5: Pausanius refers to the sanctuary of the Mother of the Gods. Encyclopedia Britannica confirms this is Cybele, but she is sometimes identified as Rhea. Pausanius refers to her once again in 7.20.3. Due to her affiliation in this paragraph with Attis, and through confirmation of outside sources, I can confidently say that this is all correct history. With the exception of Pheidias being the one who built it. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Mother-of-the-Gods

Pausanius 1.8.4 - Calades - January 23

Posted by on 23 Jan 2017 in Activity log

1.8.4 : Although there is some discrepancy about the validity of the existence of Calades, I have found other scholarship which gives Pausanius the benefit of the doubt:

Please refer to the footnotes:
https://books.google.ca/books?id=2EDOOUio040C&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=Calades+who+was+athens&source=bl&ots=xbkXNkPlDH&sig=3GTDbChmrv0yMtn-bZZeTQh8wN8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZhauA6tjRAhVH4WMKHTY-AxcQ6AEIKTAE#v=onepage&q=Calades%20who%20was%20athens&f=false

This is also helpful in support of Pausanius' claim:(this bbok can also be found in uvic library database)
https://books.google.ca/books?id=sDcbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=Calades+who+was+athens&source=bl&ots=nu1NHLw6A1&sig=V4N_0-hIZFaRLOmC3OlH4qm3418&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZhauA6tjRAhVH4WMKHTY-AxcQ6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q=Calades%20who%20was%20athens&f=false

I have created the description of Calades with the greek word Καλλιύδης, who Henry has deduced is the man Pausanius is referring to. Please refer to 2nd citation.

January 20, 2017

January 20 - PAUS

Posted by on 20 Jan 2017 in Activity log

End of day with Calades, creating ID, marking up PAUS, although it seems he was wrong. Will continue to untangle next day.
Back in the sculptors to create new id's and events. 1.8.4

Actually at 1.9.4

Hours 3-4:30 (1.5)