Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XIV, 248 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-90-04-21007-3
,
90-04-21007-5
Series Statement:
Mnemosyne: Supplements Volume 329
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and indexes. - 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. - 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
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-90-04-20234-4
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
,
Ancient Studies
Keywords:
23-79 Naturalis historia Plinius Secundus, Gaius
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004202344.i-248
Author information:
Gibson, Roy, 1965-
