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2026-07-23 16:56 UTC
@SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange Is "Age of Bronze" really such an anachronism? The concept goes back at least to Hesiod: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_Man#Hesiod's_Five_Ages
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@SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange 2026-07-23 17:03
@grumpybozo@toad.social Interesting; I hadn't known of Hesiod's list; thanks! Hesiod's timing is roughly equivalent to that of Homer, so it would not have been an improbable mention in the Odyssey, but the Trojan War was several hundred years earlier, which makes the phrase anachronistic coming from Odysseus.