Resumen de La topografia ateniese e le "Rane" di Aristofane (sul πύργος ὑψηλός di Ar. Ra 130 e il πύργος Tίμωνος di Paus. I 30, 4)
In spite of the favourable opinion of nearly all modern scholars, it seems unlikely that Timon’s tower, named by Paus. I 30, 4, could be identified with the tower mentioned by Aristophanes in Ra. 130. On the contrary, it seems credible that the comedy writer wanted to refer to one of the big towers of the Athenian walls, probably a Dipylon’s one: these identification, supported by many literary passages, would fit better in the context described in Ra. 129-133, also considering the other references to Athen’s topography contained in the comedy.
