| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) |
| Series |
Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, 0169-8958 ; 329 |
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Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ; v. 329. 0169-8958
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| Contents |
Pliny the Elder's attitude to warfare / Rhiannon Ash -- Roman's burden / Andrew Fear -- Luxury and the creation of a good consumer / Eugenia Lao -- Imperialism, mirabilia, and knowledge: some paradoxes in the Naturalis historia / Valerie Naas -- Curious eye of the Elder Pliny / Mary Beagon -- Philosophy and science in the Elder Pliny's Naturalis historia / Ernesto Paparazzo -- Science and aesthetics of names in the Naturalis historia / Aude Doody -- Pliny on Apion / Cynthia Damon -- Pliny and the encyclopaedic addressee / Ruth Morello -- Encylcopaedic exemplarity in Pliny the Elder / Clemence Schultze -- Elder and better : the Naturalis historia and the letters of the younger Pliny / Roy K. Gibson -- Vita Plinii / Michael Reeve |
| Summary |
Pliny's Naturalis Historia is a sophisticated encyclopaedia of the riches of the ancient world. The contributors to the present volume represent and join a new generation of critics who have begun to examine the dominant motifs which give shape to the work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pliny, the Elder. Naturalis historia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gibson, Roy K.
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Morello, Ruth.
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| LC no. |
2010052744 |
| ISBN |
128312095X |
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9004210075 (electronic bk.) |
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9781283120951 |
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9789004210073 (electronic bk.) |
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