Aristotle, Athenaeus, Pliny, and Oppian studied its habits and lavished on its behalf all the scientific poetry of Greece and Italy. They called it "nautilus" and "pompilius."
Aristóteles, Ateneo, Plinio y Opiano estudiaron su comportamiento y volcaron en sus descripciones todo el lirismo de que eran capaces los sabios de Grecia y de Italia.