Ammon Hillman

right the the role of the classical philologist the job is to find that lexical reality what does that word mean and so what you do is when you read works over a period of a thousand years because remember that's what we do we read stuff that takes place over a thousand years okay so it's not just like this is not you i tell my students you're not just learning english

right the the role of the classical philologist the job is to find that lexical reality what does that word mean and so what you do is when you read works over a period of a thousand years because remember that's what we do we read stuff that takes place over a thousand years okay so it's not just like this is not you i tell my students you're not just learning english

right the the role of the classical philologist the job is to find that lexical reality what does that word mean and so what you do is when you read works over a period of a thousand years because remember that's what we do we read stuff that takes place over a thousand years okay so it's not just like this is not you i tell my students you're not just learning english

You're following the track of the logos. I love you, Mr. Box. You're tracking the arc of the logos, right? And that's why those terms like that, there's a whole physics behind it and whatnot. And the classicist has actually had the privilege, if they're good, of reading everything around. Everything around, right, over a 2,000-year span. Boom.

You're following the track of the logos. I love you, Mr. Box. You're tracking the arc of the logos, right? And that's why those terms like that, there's a whole physics behind it and whatnot. And the classicist has actually had the privilege, if they're good, of reading everything around. Everything around, right, over a 2,000-year span. Boom.

You're following the track of the logos. I love you, Mr. Box. You're tracking the arc of the logos, right? And that's why those terms like that, there's a whole physics behind it and whatnot. And the classicist has actually had the privilege, if they're good, of reading everything around. Everything around, right, over a 2,000-year span. Boom.

And then when somebody comes to you with a text, for example, the Bible, right, you've got to...

And then when somebody comes to you with a text, for example, the Bible, right, you've got to...

And then when somebody comes to you with a text, for example, the Bible, right, you've got to...

broad context of where that thing sits and where the meaning has drifted or not drifted or augmented or changed right because that's what meaning does that's why they say semantic drift and semantic drift right the meaning changes over time yes right because they're living they grow and they develop they age and they die right language is living for anybody who didn't figure that out what is the semantic drift of the word christ

broad context of where that thing sits and where the meaning has drifted or not drifted or augmented or changed right because that's what meaning does that's why they say semantic drift and semantic drift right the meaning changes over time yes right because they're living they grow and they develop they age and they die right language is living for anybody who didn't figure that out what is the semantic drift of the word christ

broad context of where that thing sits and where the meaning has drifted or not drifted or augmented or changed right because that's what meaning does that's why they say semantic drift and semantic drift right the meaning changes over time yes right because they're living they grow and they develop they age and they die right language is living for anybody who didn't figure that out what is the semantic drift of the word christ

Yeah, it starts out as the bite. It's the bite of the fly. The gadfly. The gadfly, right? Which brings you the oysters. Now, wait a minute. You say, what? Stop. It's the culture. What are they using? They're using arrow poisons. When is this? What year? So, say, late Bronze Age.

Yeah, it starts out as the bite. It's the bite of the fly. The gadfly. The gadfly, right? Which brings you the oysters. Now, wait a minute. You say, what? Stop. It's the culture. What are they using? They're using arrow poisons. When is this? What year? So, say, late Bronze Age.

Yeah, it starts out as the bite. It's the bite of the fly. The gadfly. The gadfly, right? Which brings you the oysters. Now, wait a minute. You say, what? Stop. It's the culture. What are they using? They're using arrow poisons. When is this? What year? So, say, late Bronze Age.

You could say like 1600 to 1000. Okay. Right? Let's just talk about that period of the Bronze Age, right? This is when all this tech is coming about. It's all coming through arrow poisons. The very words in Greek are what betray this, right? In addition to all the references, right? Now you can say the poison.

You could say like 1600 to 1000. Okay. Right? Let's just talk about that period of the Bronze Age, right? This is when all this tech is coming about. It's all coming through arrow poisons. The very words in Greek are what betray this, right? In addition to all the references, right? Now you can say the poison.

You could say like 1600 to 1000. Okay. Right? Let's just talk about that period of the Bronze Age, right? This is when all this tech is coming about. It's all coming through arrow poisons. The very words in Greek are what betray this, right? In addition to all the references, right? Now you can say the poison.

That's black sea stuff, baby. It's black sea stuff. And it's coming from combos of venoms. Combos. Okay. Which is incredible.

That's black sea stuff, baby. It's black sea stuff. And it's coming from combos of venoms. Combos. Okay. Which is incredible.