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THE ARCHIMEDES PALIMPSEST - R. Netz, W. Noel, N. Tchernetska, N. Wilson (edd.) The Archimedes Palimpsest. Volume I: Catalogue and Commentary. Pp. viii + 342, b/w & colour figs, b/w & colour ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, for the Walters Art Museum, 2011. Cased, £85, US$140 (£150, US$215 set). ISBN: 978-1-107-01457-2 (978-1-107-01684-2 set). - R. Netz, W. Noel, N. Tchernetska, N. Wilson (edd.) The Archimedes Palimpsest. Volume II: Images and Transcriptions. Pp. 344, colour ills. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, for the Walters Art Museum, 2011. Cased, £85, US$140 (£150, US$215 set). ISBN: 978-1-107-01437-4 (978-1-107-01684-2 set).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2013

Clemency Montelle
Clemency Montelle*
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University of Canterbury
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clemency.montelle@canterbury.ac.nz
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The Classical Review , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , October 2013 , pp. 377 - 381
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1 Tchernetska and Wilson gloss this quote to mean the use of chemicals was not compatible with philological integrity. Are they referring to Oedipus' famed ability to solve riddles? The grammatical structure here suggests it is not that we are to liken the palimpsest to Oedipus when we approach it, but rather we ourselves are to become Oedipus when studying it. Perhaps then, in the spirit of Sophoclean Oedipus, it refers to a gradual uncovering of layers of truth about one's past.