Academic Discussion • Re: γυμνὸς or γυμνοὶ in Clement's Letter to Theodore?

I was inspired by Peter Kirby's set of iotas and did a set for sigmas. These are not all sigmas but only those that I find somewhat similar to the gymnastic character (40 = III.13 γυµνὸς/γυµνοὶ):
1 = I.1 Κλήµεντος
2 = I.5 εἰς
3 = I.12 παντελῶς
4 = I.16 πράξεις
5 = I.18 πίστεως
6 = I.19 εἰς
7 = I.20 εἰς
8 = I.22 εἰς
9 = I.22 ὅµως
10 = I.24 ταῖς
11 = I.26 ἑπτάκις
12 = I.27 φθονερῶς
13 = II.1 ἀσφαλῶς
14 = II.2 πρὸς
15 = II.4 διδαχθεὶς
16 = II.4 τέχναις
17 = II.8 ἀχράντοις
18 = II.9 κράµατος
19 = II.14 πρὸς
20 = II.15 φῶς
21 = II.16 ἔχοντος
22 = II.16 Ἡµεῖς
23 = II.17 φωτός
24 = II.17 πνεύµατος
25 = II.19 τοῖς
26 = II.19 καθαροῖς
27 = II.21 εἰς
28 = II.23 εἰς
29 = II.23 ἧς
30 = II.23 ἀδελφὸς
31 = II.23 αὐτῆς
32 = II.25 ὀργισθεὶς
33 = III.6 εἰς
34 = III.6 πλούσιος
35 = III.7 γενοµένης
36 = III.8 πρὸς
37 = III.11 εἰς
38 = III.11 τούτοις
39 = III.12 Ἰάκωβος
40 = III.13 γυµνὸς/γυµνοὶ
41 = III.14 εἰς
42 = III.18 ἀληθὴς

I also made a comparison of some sigmas with the III.13 character and my conclusion is that the character might be a sigma because there are similarities between them.Other arguments are that I think there is a slight indentation as Ken Olson said and the lower part is thinner than the upper part which is not something we see in iotas. Also if the iota is curved, it usually starts with a top left hook. But I see no indication of a hook there.

These arguments are not a proof though. It might be an iota too. My point is that I don't think it was proven (Q.E.D.) that it is an iota.

Statistics: Posted by AdamKvanta — Thu May 02, 2024 11:50 pm

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