Erato or Terpsichore: A Reassessment

I've uploaded my paper in the new RBW festscrift, Erato or Terpsichore: A Reassessment, to Academia.edu: https://www.academia.edu/19428330/Erato_or_Terpsichore_A_Reassessment

I can download it from the site so I know it's there, but the preview won't open for me. Let me know if you have trouble accessing it.

Phil Davis

 

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It says that I have to log-in in order to download it.

 

I got it just fine. Downloaded for bedtime reading!

 

You have to have an academia account. It's free.

 

Count Muses; guaranteed to put you to sleep! Actually it's sort of lively.

 

I just signed up. I put my academic credentials as an alumni from law school. Never mind that the only real academics you learn from law school is how to vacuum your client's wallet, 401K, and life savings. Anyway, I am thankfully you don't need any real academic credentials to sign in and get access to all this knowledge.

 

I'd read it now, but I'm at work, which is when I WANT to sleep. When I go to bed is when I'm suddenly wide awake.

 

Demand your boss invest on a Cuban coffee maker for work. I guarantee you that two or three shots of Cuban coffee throughout the day will increase worker productivity by 100%. You will be so wide awake from the caffeine shock that not even the most boring reports will get you down.

 

How can anything erato put one to sleep, especially when terpischore is involved.

This sounds like an erotic novel for the coin crowd....Fifty Shades of Silver..Denarii.

Amusing.......no?

 

Fine. I'll read it in bed to my wife.

 

An interesting read, Phil, and compelling explanation. I'm waiting for my copy from the ANS.

 

Had to log in too. Shall read it now.

 

That will make her appreciate that vacuum you are buying her for Christmas.

 

as are we all...

 

Funny you should say that. A vacuum is precisely what she wants for Christmas. But it's not just any old vacuum - it's one that I can't begin to afford!

 

That reminds me of something that happened when I was in middle school. My mother once bought an expensive vacuum from some door to door salesman. It was something like $400 back in the mid-90's, a lot of money when you consider one could buy a vacuum from Walmart back them for something like $30. For the rest of the year my father would not stop ranting about that vacuum every time she so much as mentioned that she wanted something.

 

Phil, your article is convincing. I have Banti and since I read it thought that his argument was good. Also, it balances the numbers so that each Muse has about the same number of examples, instead of having Erato be rarer. So I think your argument is conclusive. Thanks for making it available.

 

Enjoyed the article, thanks! I'm convinced, but am wondering how long it will be before we start seeing dealers and auction houses adopt the change, and what difference that will make to prices of the flower/Erato issues when they move from 'extremely rare' to just 'extremely rare variety'.

 

Excellent, thanks! I had wondered about that distinction and your theory makes more sense than the traditional attributions.

 

I'm really interested to see what happens too. I don't see how my paper can simply be ignored by dealers and collectors who strive to keep up on the literature. I suspect that a few raised-arm Eratos with hefty estimates will go unsold and that will force the market to change.