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Le metamorfosi di un filosofo. Tracce, presenze e mutazioni di Aristotele nella zoologia di Plinio
Annali Online dell'Università di Ferrara. Sezione Lettere, 2009 In the zoological section of Natural History by Pliny the Elder, the name of Aristotle is generally used as a "chrism", which helps to determine the veracity of biological news and data that can also be seen as fabulous or paradoxical. Anyway, whereas, e.
Pietro Li Causi
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Collecting uncollectables: Joachim Du Bellay
Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2017 Lists of wonders have circulated for millennia. Over and over, such inventories of spectacular man made constructions have been rewritten, re-edited and reimagi-ned.
Gro Bjørnerud Mo
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Le territoire des Volques Arécomiques entre Strabon et Pline
Pallas, 2010 The remarkable extension of the Arecomic territory and the political importance given to it by Strabo are unmistakably intriguing: this twofold characteristic is often explained by the existence within the tenure of Nemausus of twenty-four small towns ...
Martine Assénat
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El camaleón que se sustenta del aire: evolución paremiológica e incidencia en la literatura española
Boletín de Literatura Oral, 2019 The current speaker immediately associates chameleons with color change, but seems confused with the idea that this animal feeds on air, when it emerges in a literary text.
Rafael Malpartida Tirado
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From Diderot’s Encyclopedia to Wales’ Wikipedia: A brief history of collecting and sharing knowledge [PDF]
Časopis Ksio, 2018 Collecting and sharing knowledge are activities which are almost as important as creating knowledge. Yet, the ideas of collecting and sharing knowledge have changed over time, reflecting society’s needs.
Miloš Todorović
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Regards sur la nature : place de l’observation dans les textes astronomiques latins
Pallas, 2013 In antiquity, astronomical knowledge came essentially from philosophy, mathematics and logic. One can then question the role given to the observation of phenomena. To answer this question, we chose to analyze some of the demonstrations presented in Latin
Émilie-Jade Poliquin
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The (Mostly) Unseen World of Cryptids: Legendary Monsters in North America
Humanities, 2023 North America is steeped in legends of cryptids, (mostly) unseen creatures woven into the fabric of its folklore. From legends told by early explorers to contemporary legends told today, these enigmatic beings shape societal perceptions and reflect ...
David J. Puglia
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Roman Wine in Barbaricum. Preliminary Studies on Ancient Wine Recreation
Heritage, 2019 Ancient Roman wine is found outside of the borders of the Roman world as a result of the Roman influence, trade and political relations. In our project, we decided to extensively research and recreate the ancient method of wine making in order to ...
Iwona Feier +3 more
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Pallas, 2010 Underneath its easy surface, Pliny the Elder’s text quoted in the title contains an indication which begs reflection : the Aquitani who in the mines, of the Iberian peninsula worked at pumping out the water from the mines did it standing (Aquitani ...
Claude Domergue
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Gerión, 2018 In the list of urban communities of the Tarraconensis province and, in particular, of the district of the colony Caesar Augusta given by Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia a very singular allusion to the foederati Tarracenses shines especially ...
Javier Andreu Pintado
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