Vol. 12 No. 2 (1986): XII - 1986, fascicolo 2
Articoli

Due note all’Inno 6 di Callimaco

Published 2016-09-19

Keywords

  • Callimachus,
  • Hymn to Demeter

Abstract

The final adonean of line 7 is a question uttered by the participants in the ritual, impatiently waiting for Hesperos’ appearance; lines 92-93 mean ‘he was only skin and bones, besides the nerves’ (nerves, not sinews).