RATIONES RERUM 18: Articolo Virgilio Costa

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Rationes Rerum 18

VIRGILIO COSTA
Su un frammento di Filocoro (FGrHist 328 T186) di difficile interpretazione

The article examines a very concise passage of Philochoros, handed down by Photius, about the “Alcyonian days” – the short period, at the beginning of the winter season, in which, according to the ancients, the sky and the sea calmed down – and formulates a hypothesis about the original context of the fragment.