Steven Avery
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Matt made up a list in an unimportantt context (titles of Simonides)
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bib...f-constantine-simonides-t6068-s30.html#p84186
[Updated (07/07/26)]
Here's a short, and non-comprehensive study of the titles that Simonides' attributes to himself on the main title page of his printed works (his forgery defense and propaganda literature in the form of books and lithographs).
Note: This is limited to the easily accessible books of Simonides online. It is not comprehensive.
Note: This is limited to the main/home title pages only, not to the full content, or text of each book.
Note: The ones listed in red below, are under suspicion of retro-dating (i.e. date tampering).
1843 (Barnabas) Doctor of Philosophy
1849 (Symais) Konstantinos Simonides
1850 (Kephallonias) Konstantinos Simonides
1853 (Panselinos) No name of Simonides, nor titles etc
1853 (Panegyric of Constantine) Konstantinos Simonides
1853 (Autographa) Doctor and Knight
1853 (Σπουδαϊον Ύπόμνημα) Doctor and Knight [Link added 29-07-26]
1856 (Ueber die Echtheit des Uranius) Konstantinos Simonides
1857 (Memnon) Doctor of Philosophy etc etc etc
1857 (ΩΡΟΥ or "Horos of Nilopolis" [Greek ver.]) Doctor Konstantinos Simonides
1858 (Nicholaos of Methone) Doctor of Philosophy
1859 (Four Theological Writings) Doctor of Philosophy
1859 (Biographical Memoir) Doctor of Philosophy
1860 (Dissertation on Hieroglyphic's [English ver.]) Doctor of Philosophy
1860 (Διατριβή [Greek ver.]) Doctor of Philosophy etc etc etc
1861 (Mayerianus) Doctor of Philosophy
1863 (Concerning Horus of Nilopolis [English ver.]) Doctor of Philosophy etc etc etc
1864 (The Periplus of Hannon) Doctor of Philosophy
[Source links added above ☝(04-07-26)]
My observations.
When we exclude the works in red, which are under various degrees of suspicion of date tampering, it seems that up until 1856, on the main title page of these books, Simonides does not use any fake titles like "Doctor", "Knight" etc, etc. (Note: It's possible he might have made claims about titles, medals, rewards, honors, etc, etc, etc, elsewhere in the main text of some of these books).
He is simply "Konstantinos Simonides" on the main title page.
But from 1857, beginning (presumably) with his hate filled "Memnon", he gives himself titles on the main title page at the beginning of his books, like "Doctor", "Doctor of Philosophy", "Knight", and adding "etc etc etc" behind some of these.
The title in some, is abbreviated, and precedes his name, like his 1857 Horos (Greek ΩΡΟΥ) "Doc. Konstantine Simonides". In others, like Charles Russell Stewart's 1859 Biographical Memoir (sourced from and content controlled by Simonides himself), the title comes after, i.e. "Constantine Simonides Dr. Ph.". In others it will be underneath on the next line in Greek or English or German. In his 1864 Periplus of Hanno, he has "Konstantinos Simonides, Ph.D., etc., etc.," in a less obvious place, in a paragraph of small text under the main title etc.
It's interesting too, that the works suspected of retro-dating (putting dates in that make them appear older) have the most grandiose out of all of these fake titles ("Doctor and Knight" "Doctor of Philosophy" plus his "etc etc etc"). Contrasting with the books that are definitely known to have been printed at the time they say they were. Such as these examples below.
1849 (Symais) Konstantinos Simonides
1850 (Kephallonias) Konstantinos Simonides
1853 (Panegyric of Constantine) Konstantinos Simonides
1853 (Panselinos) No titles nor name
1856 (Ueber die Echtheit des Uranius) Konstantinos Simonides
These books were known in the media at the time of publishing, or they have cotemporaneous (or relatively near) independent testimony to there existence, outside of Simonides' forgery defense literature and propaganda. As said before, in these, he is simply "Konstantinos Simonides".
So, all of the above, has a bearing on the medal rumor and fake knighthood etc.
But does this also add to other evidence, even if just in a small way, of the date tampering accusations against Simonides?
Maybe. It's not conclusive, nor is this study comprehensive. But it's interesting nonetheless.
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bib...f-constantine-simonides-t6068-s30.html#p84186
[Updated (07/07/26)]
Here's a short, and non-comprehensive study of the titles that Simonides' attributes to himself on the main title page of his printed works (his forgery defense and propaganda literature in the form of books and lithographs).
Note: This is limited to the easily accessible books of Simonides online. It is not comprehensive.
Note: This is limited to the main/home title pages only, not to the full content, or text of each book.
Note: The ones listed in red below, are under suspicion of retro-dating (i.e. date tampering).
1843 (Barnabas) Doctor of Philosophy
1849 (Symais) Konstantinos Simonides
1850 (Kephallonias) Konstantinos Simonides
1853 (Panselinos) No name of Simonides, nor titles etc
1853 (Panegyric of Constantine) Konstantinos Simonides
1853 (Autographa) Doctor and Knight
1853 (Σπουδαϊον Ύπόμνημα) Doctor and Knight [Link added 29-07-26]
1856 (Ueber die Echtheit des Uranius) Konstantinos Simonides
1857 (Memnon) Doctor of Philosophy etc etc etc
1857 (ΩΡΟΥ or "Horos of Nilopolis" [Greek ver.]) Doctor Konstantinos Simonides
1858 (Nicholaos of Methone) Doctor of Philosophy
1859 (Four Theological Writings) Doctor of Philosophy
1859 (Biographical Memoir) Doctor of Philosophy
1860 (Dissertation on Hieroglyphic's [English ver.]) Doctor of Philosophy
1860 (Διατριβή [Greek ver.]) Doctor of Philosophy etc etc etc
1861 (Mayerianus) Doctor of Philosophy
1863 (Concerning Horus of Nilopolis [English ver.]) Doctor of Philosophy etc etc etc
1864 (The Periplus of Hannon) Doctor of Philosophy
[Source links added above ☝(04-07-26)]
My observations.
When we exclude the works in red, which are under various degrees of suspicion of date tampering, it seems that up until 1856, on the main title page of these books, Simonides does not use any fake titles like "Doctor", "Knight" etc, etc. (Note: It's possible he might have made claims about titles, medals, rewards, honors, etc, etc, etc, elsewhere in the main text of some of these books).
He is simply "Konstantinos Simonides" on the main title page.
But from 1857, beginning (presumably) with his hate filled "Memnon", he gives himself titles on the main title page at the beginning of his books, like "Doctor", "Doctor of Philosophy", "Knight", and adding "etc etc etc" behind some of these.
The title in some, is abbreviated, and precedes his name, like his 1857 Horos (Greek ΩΡΟΥ) "Doc. Konstantine Simonides". In others, like Charles Russell Stewart's 1859 Biographical Memoir (sourced from and content controlled by Simonides himself), the title comes after, i.e. "Constantine Simonides Dr. Ph.". In others it will be underneath on the next line in Greek or English or German. In his 1864 Periplus of Hanno, he has "Konstantinos Simonides, Ph.D., etc., etc.," in a less obvious place, in a paragraph of small text under the main title etc.
It's interesting too, that the works suspected of retro-dating (putting dates in that make them appear older) have the most grandiose out of all of these fake titles ("Doctor and Knight" "Doctor of Philosophy" plus his "etc etc etc"). Contrasting with the books that are definitely known to have been printed at the time they say they were. Such as these examples below.
1849 (Symais) Konstantinos Simonides
1850 (Kephallonias) Konstantinos Simonides
1853 (Panegyric of Constantine) Konstantinos Simonides
1853 (Panselinos) No titles nor name
1856 (Ueber die Echtheit des Uranius) Konstantinos Simonides
These books were known in the media at the time of publishing, or they have cotemporaneous (or relatively near) independent testimony to there existence, outside of Simonides' forgery defense literature and propaganda. As said before, in these, he is simply "Konstantinos Simonides".
So, all of the above, has a bearing on the medal rumor and fake knighthood etc.
But does this also add to other evidence, even if just in a small way, of the date tampering accusations against Simonides?
Maybe. It's not conclusive, nor is this study comprehensive. But it's interesting nonetheless.
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