Pliny the Elder : themes and contexts / / edited by Roy K. Gibson, Ruth Morello.
Pliny's Naturalis Historia – a brilliant and sophisticated encyclopaedia of the scientific, artistic, philosophical, botanical and zoological riches of the ancient world – has had a long career in the footnotes of historical studies. This is a phenomenon born of the sense that the work was ther...
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Superior document: | Mnemosyne supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, v. 329 |
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Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ;
v. 329. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Summary: | Pliny's Naturalis Historia – a brilliant and sophisticated encyclopaedia of the scientific, artistic, philosophical, botanical and zoological riches of the ancient world – has had a long career in the footnotes of historical studies. This is a phenomenon born of the sense that the work was there to consult, or to ‘use’, as a resource to aid investigation of specific technical issues or passages, of Quellenforschung, or of delimited topic areas. The contributors to the present volume both represent and join a new generation of critics who have begun to try to ‘read’ this monumental text, and – by examining the dominant motifs which give shape and order to the work – to construct frameworks within which we may understand and interpret Pliny’s overarching agenda. |
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Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 128312095X 9786613120953 9004210075 |
ISSN: | 0169-8958 ; |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Roy K. Gibson, Ruth Morello. |