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Publica aut peri! The Releasing and Distribution of Roman Books [PDF]
, 2007 This outline of our knowledge of the process of releasing literature in late republican and early imperial Rome addresses the nature of the recitations, the question of ‘publishing’ and distribution of books, from Atticus to Pliny the Younger.
Jon Wikene Iddeng
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Ovid, the Fasti and the stars [PDF]
, 2007 According to Quintilian, poetry cannot be fully understood without a good knowledge of the stars. As one example he cites the fact that poets frequently indicate the time of year by the rising and setting of stars and constellations, a device familiar ...
Robinson, M.
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Cured Meats in Ancient and Byzantine Sources: Ham, Bacon and Tuccetum [PDF]
, 2014 The present study discusses the role of salt-cured meat in dietetics, medicine and gastronomy demonstrated mainly in ancient and Byzantine medical (Galen, Oribasius, Aetius of Amida, Anthimus, Alexander of Tralles and Paul of Aegina) and agronomic ...
Jagusiak, Krzysztof +2 more
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Pline l’Ancien a-t-il cru à ses mythes ?
Pallas, 2009 Book VII of Pliny the Elder’ s Natural History, devoted to man, ends on a curious catalogue of inventors and inventions. It is on the treatment of myth in that inventory that we intend to ponder.
Valérie Naas
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Les remèdes animaux chez Pline l’Ancien (Rome, ier siècle) : organiser une « plus grande médecine »
Histoire, Médecine et Santé, 2022 The Natural History by Pliny the Elder, a Roman encyclopedia from the first century AD, devotes several volumes to medical material derived from animals.
Thomas Galoppin
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"The Milk of Birds": A Proverbial Phrase, Ancient and Modern, and its Link to Nature [PDF]
, 2017 A curious phrase from ancient Greek, ὀρνίθων γάλα, finds parallels in Latin as lac gallinaceum and in Modern Greek, as και του πουλιού το γάλα. While the Greek phrases translate as "(and) the milk of (the) bird(s)", the Latin translates as "henʼs milk".
Payne, Martha J.
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Pliny the Younger and the Art of Narration
Classica Cracoviensia, 2018 Pliny the Younger and the Art of Narration In this paper I try to examine some of Pliny’s well known letters as pieces of literary fiction. The main interest here is not the authenticity of facts presented, but some literary techniques that Pliny ...
Jacek Hajduk
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Sacramentum: On the Legal Meaning of the Term as Used in the Letters of Pliny the Younger
Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, 2022 The article is a scientific and research paper. The subject of research is letters exchanged between Pliny the Younger and Emperor Trajan, whereas the discussion addresses some aspects of the legal meaning of the term sacramentum.
Antoni Dębiński
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The Natural History of The Silkewormes and their Flies [PDF]
, 2010 Images published with permission of The British Library Board (434.f.10), the Huntington Library and Proquest. Further reproduction is prohibited.Images published with permission of The British Library Board (434.f.10), the Huntington Library and ...
AUGER, PA
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La mission d’avocat dans la Rome impériale d’après la correspondance de Pline le Jeune
Criminocorpus, 2016 The various letters of Pliny the Younger, published in the 2nd century, in which he writes about his activity as a lawyer, show to what extent, in his view, the eloquent defense of other people’s interests is important.
Marie Yschard
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