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2004
Abstract A Young couple moved into the house next door about the time I was writing this chapter, and I introduced myself to my new neighbors. “I know you, “ the young man said, “I ‘ve used your book. “ It ‘s a nice distinction, used rather than read, and I felt flattered.
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Abstract A Young couple moved into the house next door about the time I was writing this chapter, and I introduced myself to my new neighbors. “I know you, “ the young man said, “I ‘ve used your book. “ It ‘s a nice distinction, used rather than read, and I felt flattered.
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The Language of Pliny the Elder
2005This 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 ...
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A Mediaeval Excerptor of the Elder Pliny
The Classical Quarterly, 1932Editors of Pliny's Naturalis Historia have not had to deplore the paucity of the MS. tradition, but rather its value; while MSS. belonging to the ordo recentiorum are numerous and fairly complete, those of the ordo uetustiorum are very few, and never contain more than a few books, often with considerable gaps.
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2010
A 1200-word outline of changing attitudes towards Pliny's 'Natural History' over nearly 2 millennia.
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A 1200-word outline of changing attitudes towards Pliny's 'Natural History' over nearly 2 millennia.
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Pliny the Elder: Lessons from the Naturalist as an Early Neuroscientist.
Neuroscientist, 2023Duong Chu +2 more
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Pliny the Elder and natural disasters
Natural disasters feature prominently in Pliny the Elder’s work, but their significance remains of little amount. Indeed, Pliny’s primary aim is to extol nature and to enable humankind to fit harmoniously into it. The treatment of cataclysms is therefore downplayed accordingly, particularly in terms of the emotions they usually evoke.Galtier, Fabrice +2 more
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Consular Friends of the Elder Pliny
1991Abstract Some writers make an impact through their own power and resonance. Minor performers engage interest because a lot is known about them. Pliny the procurator and his nephew the consul, while standing in useful contrast, form a unique pair by value and variety of the evidence.
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Divine Nature and the Natural Divine: The Marine Folklore of Pliny the Elder
Green Letters, 2021Ryan Denson
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