#even IF Tzetzes thinks he’s quoting Orpheus.
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Look I can accept “according to Homer (Il. 1.23)…” but I draw the fuckin’ line at “according to Orpheus (Chiliades 1.8)…”
#the nichest of nichest annoyances#plz do not attribute to the literally mythic figure Orpheus what was actually said by John fucking Tzetzes#even IF Tzetzes thinks he’s quoting Orpheus.#we don’t do that.
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