Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger : an introduction
| 1. Verfasser: |
Gibson, Roy K.
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Morello, Ruth
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xi, 350 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 1 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Reading a life: Letters, Book 1; 2. Reading a book: Letters, Book 6; 3. Epistolary models: Cicero and Seneca; 4. Pliny's elders and betters: the Elder Pliny, Vestricius Spurinna, Corellius Rufus, Verginius Rufus (and Silius Italicus); 5. Pliny's peers: reading for the addressee; 6. Otium: how to manage leisure; 7. Reading the villa letters: 9.7, 2.17, 5.6; 8. The grand design: how to read the collection; Appendix 1. A Pliny timeline, and the great Comum inscription; Appendix 2. Letters 1-9: catalogue of contents and addressees; Appendix 3. Popular topics in the Letters: bibliographical help; Appendix 4. Index of main characters in the Letters.
