Pliny the Elder themes and contexts

Pliny the Elder's attitude to warfare / Rhiannon Ash Roman's burden / Andrew Fear Luxury and the creation of a good consumer / Eugenia Lao Imperialism, mirabilia, and knowledge: some paradoxes in the Naturalis historia / Valerie Naas Curious eye of the Elder Pliny / Mary Beagon Philosophy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gibson, Roy K. (-), Morello, Ruth
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2011
Colección:Mnemosyne. Supplements. Monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature ; 329
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Sumario:Pliny the Elder's attitude to warfare / Rhiannon Ash Roman's burden / Andrew Fear Luxury and the creation of a good consumer / Eugenia Lao Imperialism, mirabilia, and knowledge: some paradoxes in the Naturalis historia / Valerie Naas Curious eye of the Elder Pliny / Mary Beagon Philosophy and science in the Elder Pliny's Naturalis historia / Ernesto Paparazzo Science and aesthetics of names in the Naturalis historia / Aude Doody Pliny on Apion / Cynthia Damon Pliny and the encyclopaedic addressee / Ruth Morello Encylcopaedic exemplarity in Pliny the Elder / Clemence Schultze Elder and better: the Naturalis historia and the letters of the younger Pliny / Roy K. Gibson Vita Plinii / Michael Reeve
Descripción Física:XIV, 248 p. ; 25 cm
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [223]-240) e índice
ISBN:9789004202344