Vol. 49 (2023): XLIX - 2023
Articoli

Akestondas e il libro di pelle nel II sec. a.C. (AP 6.295)

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  • Maria Jagoda Luzzatto
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/prometheus-14847

Published 2023-06-21

Keywords

  • Phanias,
  • epigram,
  • Akestondas,
  • parchment,
  • Pergamum

Copyright (c) 2023 Maria Jagoda Luzzatto

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Abstract

Contrary to general opinion, it is possible to show that the 2nd century BC Greek scribe Akestondas (in Phanias’ epigram AP 6.295) wrote his books on skins of a very innovative quality, not diphtherai, but something like parchment of the kind being manufactured in Pergamum at the time.

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