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The Letters of the Younger Pliny

By: The Younger Pliny

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The Letters of the Younger Pliny

By: The Younger Pliny

A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny (c. AD 61-113) was also a prolific letter-writer, who numbered among his correspondents such eminent figures as Tacitus, Suetonius and the Emperor Trajan, as well as a wide circle of friends and family. His lively and very personal letters address an astonishing range of topics, from a deeply moving account of his uncle's death in the eruption that engulfed Pompeii, to observations on the early Christians - 'a desperate sort of cult carried to extravagant lengths' - from descriptions of everyday life in Rome, with its scandals and court cases, to Pliny's life in the country.

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Penguin UK

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0141915943

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9780141915944

Pliny the Elder: The Natural History Book VII (with Book VIII 1-34)

By: Pliny the Elder

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Pliny the Elder: The Natural History Book VII (with Book VIII 1-34)

By: Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder's Natural History is a vast encyclopaedia, surveying natural phenomena from cosmology to biology, medicine to magic. Direct observation, informed speculation and common knowledge are combined to present a key snapshot of ancient thought and the Romans' perspective on the world around them. Book VII of The Natural History provides a detailed examination of the human animal and is crucial to understanding the work as a whole. In Pliny's eyes, mankind 'for whose sake nature was created', represents the basis for which the natural world was founded and structured. As a result, the book provides valuable insight into the extraordinary complex of ideas and beliefs that were current in Pliny's era. One of the most interesting transitions of subject in The Natural History is that from man to animals (between Books VII and VIII) and for this reason the section on elephants at the beginning of Book VIII is included here, to show how Pliny moves on to his account of the animal he considers 'nearest to the human disposition'. This edition provides the full Latin text accompanied by commentary notes that provide linguistic help and explanations, plus vocabulary lists of Latin terms and an index of proper names. The in-depth introduction provides valuable details about the work's historical, scientific and literary context, as well as an overview of the work's legacy and reception.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472521013

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9781472521019

The Natural History of Pliny;

By: Pliny (the Elder ).

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By: Pliny (the Elder ).

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Palala Press

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1378547624

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9781378547625

Pliny the Younger

Selected Letters

By: Jo-Ann Shelton

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Pliny the Younger

Selected Letters

By: Jo-Ann Shelton

The letters of Pliny the Younger contained in this volume provide intermediate and advanced Latin students insight into the political and social life of the early imperial period of Rome. Pliny portrays himself as a generous benefactor to his hometown, a supporter of education, and a patron who promotes the political and literary careers of younger men. His correspondence with Trajan, including the emperor’s responses, documents Pliny’s governorship of the province of Bithynia-Pontus. The letters also reveal more personal aspects of his life, including his relationship with his wife, his views on slavery, and his experiences during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that killed his uncle, Pliny the Elder. Same- and facing-page commentary helps students to understand both the Latin text and the political, social, and historical context of the letters. Introductions for each letter guide students in understanding and interpreting the text. Special Features • Introduction to Pliny’s life and letters • Unadapted Latin texts of thirty letters with same- and facing-page commentary • Introductions for each letter • Genealogical charts • Three maps • black-and-white illustrations • Glossary of proper names • Index • Latin to English glossary

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Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers

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161041201X

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9781610412018

Complete Letters

By: Pliny (the Younger.)

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Complete Letters

By: Pliny (the Younger.)

In the introduction to his new translation, P.G. Walsh examines the background to these often intimate and enthralling letters."--Jacket.

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Oxford University Press

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0199538948

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9780199538942

NATURAL HIST OF PLINY

By: The Elder Pliny,John 1773-1846 Bostock,Henry T. (Henry Thomas) 1816-187 Riley

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NATURAL HIST OF PLINY

By: The Elder Pliny,John 1773-1846 Bostock,Henry T. (Henry Thomas) 1816-187 Riley

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Wentworth Press

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1373920157

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9781373920157

Selections from the Letters of the Younger Pliny

By: Pliny

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By: Pliny

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0270062289

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9780270062281

LETTERS OF PLINY

By: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus Pliny

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LETTERS OF PLINY

By: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus Pliny

GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS, usually known as Pliny the Younger, was born at Como in 62 A. D. He was only eight years old when his father Caecilius died, and he was adopted by his uncle, the elder Pliny, author of the Natural History. He was carefully educated, studying rhetoric under Quintilian and other famous teachers, and he became the most eloquent pleader of his time. In this and in much else he imitated Cicero, who had by this time come to be the recognized master of Latin style. While still young he served as military tribune in Syria, but he does not seem to have taken zealously to a soldier's life. On his return he entered politics under the Emperor Domitian; and in the year 100 A. D. was appointed consul by Trajan and admitted to confidential intercourse with that emperor. Later while he was governor of Bithynia, he was in the habit of submitting every point of policy to his master, and the correspondence between Trajan and him, which forms the last part of the present selection, is of a high degree of interest, both on account of the subjects discussed and for the light thrown on the characters of the two men. He is supposed to have died about 113 A. D. Pliny's speeches are now lost, with the exception of one, a panegyric on Trajan delivered in thanksgiving for the consulate. This, though diffuse and somewhat too complimentary for modern taste, became a model for this kind of composition. The others were mostly of two classes, forensic and political, many of the latter being, like Cicero's speech against Verres, impeachments of provincial governors for cruelty and extortion toward their subjects. In these, as in his public activities in general, he appears as a man of public spirit and integrity; and in his relations with his native town he was a thoughtful and munificent benefactor. The letters, on which to-day his fame mainly rests, were largely written with a view to publication, and were arranged by Pliny himself.

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anboco

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373640302X

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9783736403024

Book's by Pliny

The Letters of the Younger Pliny

The Letters of the Younger Pliny

Pliny the Elder: The Natural History Book VII (with Book VIII 1-34)

Pliny the Elder: The Natural History Book VII (with Book VIII 1-34)

The Natural History of Pliny;

The Natural History of Pliny;

Pliny the Younger

Pliny the Younger

Complete Letters

Complete Letters

NATURAL HIST OF PLINY

NATURAL HIST OF PLINY

Selections from the Letters of the Younger Pliny

Selections from the Letters of the Younger Pliny

LETTERS OF PLINY

LETTERS OF PLINY

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