Published
June 21, 2021
Keywords
- Callimachus,
- Hellenistic poetry,
- aulos,
- Athena,
- Greek myth
Copyright (c) 2021 Enrico Magnelli
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Abstract
In Callimachus’ fifth hymn, the statement “her look is ever fair” may wittily allude to the myth of Athena as inventor of the aulos, which she immediately threw away thinking that playing it made her face ugly.