«Un piccolo animale che i greci chiamano ser»: Pausania e il baco da seta (nota a Periegesi 6, 26, 6-8)

Textual and exegetical notes on Pausanias, Periegesis 6, 26, 6-8, which contains an initial description of Chinese silkworms (Bombyx mori) and a discussion of methods of silk production. The text will be investigated in the light of prior knowledge about sericulture within the classical sources and related to written historiographical works from the Chinese dynasties.