Vol. 33 No. 1 (2007): XXXIII - 2007, fascicolo 1
Articoli

Animali al servizio della retorica: a proposito della <em>philia</em> tra vipere e tra scorpioni in Temistio (Or. 7.90BC)

Published 2013-07-04

Keywords

  • Themistius,
  • oration 7,
  • tyrant,
  • animal ethology,
  • Aristotle

Abstract

Remarks on the teratomorphous image of the tyrant and on animal ethology in Themistius, with reference to both zoological notions tracing back to Aristotle and the paroemiographical tradition.