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Pliny the Elder : themes and contexts /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Colección: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ;
v. 329. Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.