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, 2023 An Encyclopedia entry on "Arabia" in Pliny the Elder's _Natural History_ for the Thematic Dictionary of Ancient Arabia.
Hamish Cameron (8513103)
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The Elder Pliny, Posidonius and Surfaces
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 2005 This paper tries to demonstrate that some passages of Pliny's Naturalis historia on metallurgical materials are influenced by the Stoic philosopher Posidonius' view that surfaces possess a physical existence. Indeed, Pliny reports that copper surfaces are material, both acting towards drawing a patina to themselves, and being acted upon; i.e.
Paparazzo E
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The sandals of Pliny the Elder [PDF]
, 2018 In this article, I aim to introduce some features that compose a brief biography of Pliny the Elder. Supported by the testimonies of Pliny the Younger, I build two images that are sustained only when comprehended together: Pliny with sandals and Pliny without sandals. In the first case, there is the sharp explorer, the citzen that acts.
Stadler, Thiago David
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Space and Spatial Metaphor in the Texts of Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger [PDF]
, 2022 This thesis looks at the use of spatial images and metaphors in the works of Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger. It considers natural and architectural spaces in the works of both authors and explores how each made use of this imagery to serve the ...
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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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Pliny the elder on gilding [PDF]
Gold Bulletin, 1979 Abstract The description in Pliny's ‘Natural History’ of gilding bronze by using mercury becomes clearer if it is seen as a process in which mercury is used only as an adhesive for the gold leaf and in which it is not necessary to heat the object after gilding to drive off the excess mercury, as is the case in the more usual fire- or mercury-gilding.
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A New Painting of Calypso in Pliny the Elder
Eugesta, 2017 At Naturalis Historia 35.147, Pliny offers precious information on female artists of Greece and Rome. This article emends Pliny’s text, thereby attributing a more precise subject to a painting by a Greek woman.
Anthony Corbeill
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The eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79 and the death of Gaius Plinius Secundus
Acta Theologica, 2005 The effect of the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, which led inter alia to the death of Pliny the Elder, is reviewed. Pliny, the admiral of the Roman imperial fleet, wished as scientist to witness the event from close by and set sail in the ...
Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers
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Dal Pucino al Prosecchino. Appunti per una storia letteraria del vino Prosecco
DNA Di Nulla Academia, 2023 The essay aims to examine all those literary texts from the sixteenth century to nowadays that mention the Prosecco, a wine particularly celebrated in the Renaissance because it was considered the descendant of the ancient Pucino praised by Pliny the ...
Enrico Zucchi
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Pallas, 2020 In this report the testimonies of Pliny concerning the term saliva (28, 35, 1-39, 8) are examined. Moreover at this «monographic» moment, which presents about 19 cases of therapeutic or magical application of human saliva, the other passages in the ...
Livia Radici, Paola Radici Colace
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