Daniele Morrone (Author)
This article presents an overview of the interpretative issues raised by three passages in the ancient naturalist literature: Theophrastus, Ign. 17; Pseudo-Aristotle, Mir. ausc. 50; Plutarch, Frig. 11 949C. These loci have already been connected by various interpreters due to their similarities and possibility of a common tradition. They all inform on an anomalous kind of lead or tin liquefaction that was allegedly observed to occur in very cold climates, possibly with the involvement of water; a phenomenon which is regarded, now as then, to be chemically implausible or at least surprising. After a re-examination of the parallels between the three passages and a discussion of the already proposed interpretations – with a focus on those which refer to “tin pest” and to the ancient lexical overlap, present in multiple languages, between tin and lead –, a new interpretative track is here proposed. This gives more relevance to water’s role in the phenomenon, which is central in the crucial parallel passage in Plutarch, QConv. VI 5 690F-691B.
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