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Subject: Re: pigeon hole legend/24?
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In a message dated 00-09-17 15:28:30 EDT, Jim O'Donnell writes:

<< I was told, and others have told me they were told, that the length of a
 "book" in ancient literature was determined by the size of the pigeon
 holes in the cabinets of the library at Alexandria.  Some official
 deciding that Homer would divide up, e.g., into about 24 rolls to fit
 these holes.  >>
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 but weren't the Iliad and the Odyssey (both later) divided that way because 
of the number of letters in the Greek alphabet? Anything else in 24? 

allen koenigsberg
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