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Pliny's Salpe, Salpe's Paignia and magic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9663290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James N Davidson (Birkbeck, University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 590-592 |
| Publication date | 1995-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s000983880004372x |
| OpenAlex | W2008273925 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 3 |
There are two women called Salpe who are said to have written books in antiquity: one is described by Athenaeus (7.322a) as the name or pseudonym of a writer of ‘ Paignia ’ the other is cited by Pliny the Elder who calls her at one point Salpe obstetrix. Salpe is a rare name in antiquity—I know of no other examples—and few ancient books were ascribed to women. That two of these rare female writers should be called by the same name is something of a coincidence. That the name they shared was the very rare Salpe is a priori distinctly unlikely. It is much more plausible that they were one and the same
Art · Literature · MAGIC (telescope · Point (geometry · Pseudonym · Theology · Classics · Historical and Literary Analyses · Historical and Literary Studies · History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Renaissance Literature and Culture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2007 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |