Are the recommendation letters from Anthimos et al available?

Steven Avery

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Incidentally, Lilia Diamantopoulou in the 2017 Genius book p. 32 has a bit about the personal references regarding Simonides from three dignitaries including Anthimos. Those pages are showing up in Google Books nicely:

Die getäuschte Wissenschaft: Ein Genie betrügt Europa – Konstantinos Simonides (2017)
https://books.google.com/books?id=go7fDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA32

So far I have only translated one paragragh in that section, there will be more context if we go backwards. And I copied out te other Anthimos references in PBF, so far the one from Lilia is the interesting one.

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Steven Avery

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This can use more context

Since even the supposedly "real" character Simonides - rightly - had doubts about his accurate biographical information early on, he adds three official credentials towards the end of the introduction and in the footnotes to counteract the already widespread distrust of his person , appealing to the authority of the issuing officials: a) Anthimos, Archbishop of Constantinople, b) the Greek Consul General of Southern Russia in Odessa Xenophon Pappadatos, c) Colonel Tzami Karatassos and other Macedonian officers. Of course, the enclosed letters contribute nothing to the proof of the originality of the manuscript; they are only intended to prove the credibility of the publisher. Whether the letters are genuine or fake is unimportant here; they are nevertheless probable - and that is exactly what is important here, to convince the reader of the authenticity of the subsequent presentation of the High School on Symi.10

10 Whether these letters actually existed was not researched as part of this study; however, they are similar to official letters of credence. In any case, the persons mentioned and their offices are not invented.

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appealing to the authority of the issuing officials:
a) Anthimos, Archbishop of Constantinople
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b) the Greek Consul General of Southern Russia in Odessa Xenophon Pappadatos,
c) Colonel Tzami Karatassos and other Macedonian officers
 
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