Ockham's Razor

[X99Lynx at aol.com]

I wrote:
<<Show me specifically in any Classical Greek texts where the distinction is
made between red deer and fallow deer.>>

In a message dated 6/30/2001 8:37:21 PM, JoatSimeon at aol.com writes:
<<-- Hesychius. >>

If these kinds of details make a difference to anyone - which I am beginning
to doubt - Hesychius is often dated to @ 5th Century AD and therefore
considered post-Classical and "post-Roman" - maybe by as much some 700 years.

S. Long