Titolo Callimaco (Del. 240-3) e l'impudicizia delle foche Periodico Prometheus Anno: 2013 - Volume: 39 - Pagina iniziale: 107 - Pagina finale: 111
In this passage, Callimachus enhances Hera’s wrath against her rivals by means of a learned allusion to ancient zoological opinions – also attested in Lycophron, and possibly elsewhere – about female seals aiming to mate with men.