^{page 355 note 1} The phrase ὡς ὅτε does not serve to ‘introdurre una similitudine’: cf. Il. x. 285.

^{page 356 note 1} Based on such variants as ὅτε γηρ⋯σ7kappa;ουσι (Od. xv. 409).

^{page 356 note 2} In Hymn 1. 53 he opted to reproduce the opposite theory.

^{page 356 note 3} In other words: the fact that Callimachus uses the form θε⋯ not only ‘negli inni dorici’ but also in his epic Hymns (3. 112, 186, and 1. 30) shows that he regarded this form as a legitimate, though not compulsory, ‘Dorism’ in Epic.