Download or read book Complete Letters written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-26 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the introduction to his new translation, P.G. Walsh examines the background to these often intimate and enthralling letters."--Jacket.
Download or read book Letters of Pliny written by Pliny the Younger and published by Wyatt North Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-01-17 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letters of Pliny is a collection of letters written by Roman administrator Pliny the Younger in the 1st century A.D.
Download or read book Letters of Pliny Annotated written by Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAIUS PLINIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS, usually known as Pliny the Younger, was born at Como in 62 A. D. He was only eight years old when his father Caecilius died, and he was adopted by his uncle, the elder Pliny, author of the Natural History. He was carefully educated, studying rhetoric under Quintilian and other famous teachers, and he became the most eloquent pleader of his time. In this and in much else he imitated Cicero, who had by this time come to be the recognized master of Latin style. While still young he served as military tribune in Syria, but he does not seem to have taken zealously to a soldier's life. On his return he entered politics under the Emperor Domitian; and in the year 100 A. D. was appointed consul by Trajan and admitted to confidential intercourse with that emperor. Later while he was governor of Bithynia, he was in the habit of submitting every point of policy to his master, and the correspondence between Trajan and him, which forms the last part of the present selection, is of a high degree of interest, both on account of the subjects discussed and for the light thrown on the characters of the two men. He is supposed to have died about 113 A. D. Pliny's speeches are now lost, with the exception of one, a panegyric on Trajan delivered in thanksgiving for the consulate. This, though diffuse and somewhat too complimentary for modern taste, became a model for this kind of composition. The others were mostly of two classes, forensic and political, many of the latter being, like Cicero's speech against Verres, impeachments of provincial governors for cruelty and extortion toward their subjects. In these, as in his public activities in general, he appears as a man of public spirit and integrity; and in his relations with his native town he was a thoughtful and munificent benefactor. The letters, on which to-day his fame mainly rests, were largely written with a view to publication, and were arranged by Pliny himself. They thus lack the spontaneity of Cicero's impulsive utterances, but to most modern readers who are not special students of Roman history they are even more interesting. They deal with a great variety of subjects: the description of a Roman villa; the charms of country life; the reluctance of people to attend author's readings and to listen when they were present; a dinner party; legacy-hunting in ancient Rome; the acquisition of a piece of statuary; his love for his young wife; ghost stories; floating islands, a tame dolphin, and other marvels. But by far the best known are those describing the great eruption of Vesuvius in which his uncle perished, a martyr to scientific curiosity, and the letter to Trajan on his attempts to suppress Christianity in Bithynia, with Trajan's reply approving his policy. Taken altogether, these letters give an absorbingly vivid picture of the days of the early empire, and of the interests of a cultivated Roman gentleman of wealth. Occasionally, as in the last letters referred to, they deal with important historical events; but their chief value is in bringing before us, in somewhat the same manner as "The Spectator" pictures the England of the age of Anne, the life of a time which is not so unlike our own as its distance in years might indicate. And in this time by no means the least interesting figure is that of the letter-writer himself, with his vanity and self-importance, his sensibility and generous affection? his pedantry and his loyalty.
Download or read book The Women of Pliny s Letters written by Jo-Ann Shelton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The large collection of letters by Pliny the Younger includes a number of women among its addressees, and Pliny also gives us plentiful information about many women of his acquaintance. This book brings together this material to build up a portrait of a peer-group of women in their social setting.
Download or read book The Letters of the Younger Pliny written by Plinio (El joven.) and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1963 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny (c. AD 61-113) was also a prolific letter-writer, who numbered among his correspondents such eminent figures as Tacitus, Suetonius and the Emperor Trajan, as well as a wide circle of friends and family. His lively and very personal letters address an astonishing range of topics, from a deeply moving account of his uncle's death in the eruption that engulfed Pompeii, to observations on the early Christians - 'a desperate sort of cult carried to extravagant lengths' - from descriptions of everyday life in Rome, with its scandals and court cases, to Pliny's life in the country.
Download or read book The Letters of Pliny the Consul written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1809 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Select Letters of Pliny the Younger written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Select Letters of Pliny the Younger by the Younger Pliny, first published in 1835, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Download or read book The Letters of Pliny the Younger written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Letters of Pliny written by Pliny and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of letters from the ancient Roman author Pliny the Younger, and includes notes and annotations for the use of schools. The letters cover a wide range of topics, from Roman politics to daily life, and provide a valuable window into the world of the Roman Empire. The book is an excellent resource for scholars of ancient history and literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Pliny the Younger Epistles Book II written by Pliny the Younger and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pliny the Younger's nine-book Epistles is a masterpiece of Roman prose. Often mined as a historical and pedagogical sourcebook, this collection of 'private' letters is now finding recognition as a rich and rewarding work in its own right. The second book is a typically varied yet taut suite of miniatures, including among its twenty letters the trial of Marius Priscus and Pliny's famous portrait of his Laurentine villa. This edition, the first to address a complete book of Epistles in over a century, presents a Latin text together with an introduction and commentary intended for students, teachers and scholars. With clear linguistic explanations and full literary analysis, it invites readers to a fresh appreciation of Pliny's lettered art.
Download or read book Selected letters of Pliny written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Letters of Pliny the Younger Selected and Edited Together with a Companion to Pliny s Letters written by Helen H. Tanzer and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Select letters of Pliny the Younger written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pliny s Letters Books I II Book III written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Letters of Pliny written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Letters of the Younger Pliny written by The Younger Pliny and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-12-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny (c. AD 61-113) was also a prolific letter-writer, who numbered among his correspondents such eminent figures as Tacitus, Suetonius and the Emperor Trajan, as well as a wide circle of friends and family. His lively and very personal letters address an astonishing range of topics, from a deeply moving account of his uncle's death in the eruption that engulfed Pompeii, to observations on the early Christians - 'a desperate sort of cult carried to extravagant lengths' - from descriptions of everyday life in Rome, with its scandals and court cases, to Pliny's life in the country.
Download or read book Selected Letters of the Younger Pliny written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
