The Simonides Affair Revisited. Chris returns to his discussion from some
weeks ago about the first letter written and published by Constantine Simonides concerning the
Codex Sinaiticus, and his claim to be the real author of the manuscript. What details did Simonides
give? Why were none of his claims pursued by the media of that time? Moreover, why has this
subject been avoided in nearly all the modern histories of the codex?