Results 161 to 170 of about 38,462 (225)

Uncovering the mechanical secrets of the squirting cucumber. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Box F   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source
Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.

Related searches:

The Language of Pliny the Elder

2005
This chapter suggests that long sentences need not be ‘periods’. It also aims to take Pliny seriously in his own right and shows a few characteristics of his language in the light of his general aims. Pliny’s work covers a broad range of topics, some of which were more accessible for his audience than others, some of which were known in more detail in ...
exaly   +3 more sources

PLINY ON ESSENES, PLINY ON JEWS

Dead Sea Discoveries, 2001
A key passage in the discussion of ancient tEssenest is Pliny the Elder's description in Natural History 5.73. Pliny claims that his subject matter is "sterile" - the nature of things, real life - compared to more entertaining works that aff ord opportunity for digressions (excessus) or orations and discourses or wondrous occurrences (casus mirabiles ...
openaire   +1 more source

Silenced Intertext: Pliny on Martial on Pliny (on Regulus)

American Journal of Philology, 2013
Going beyond the explicit dialogue between Epistle 3.21, by Pliny on Martial, and Epigram 10.19(20), by Martial on Pliny, this paper discusses a range of peripheral texts addressing issues of political patronage ( Epistle 1.5, in the context of Epigrams 1.12 and 1.82), social customs ( Epistle 4.2 and 4.
openaire   +1 more source

Pliny's Praise

2011
Pliny's Panegyricus (AD 100) survives as a unique example of senatorial rhetoric from the early Roman Empire. It offers an eyewitness account of the last years of Domitian's principate, the reign of Nerva and Trajan's early years, and it communicates a detailed senatorial view on the behaviour expected of an emperor.
openaire   +1 more source

Isauria in Pliny

Anatolian Studies, 1986
I. The Isaurians escaped notice for long centuries. They first come to mention in an episode of the year 322 B.C. when Perdiccas after subduing Cappadocia captured their city, described as strong and populous, of ancient opulence. Isaurians next emerge in the campaign that earned a triumphal cognomen for P. Servilius Vatia (cos.
openaire   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy