Download or read book The Letters of The Younger Pliny written by the younger Pliny and published by Lebooks Editora. This book was released on 2024-06-17 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Letters of Pliny the Younger, also known as the Epistles of Pliny the Younger, have been studied for centuries, as they offer a unique and intimate glimpse into the daily life of Romans in the 1st century AD. Through his letters, the Roman writer and lawyer Pliny the Younger (whose full name was Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) discusses philosophical and moral issues; but he also talks about everyday matters and topics related to his administrative duties. One of these letters, Letter 16 from Book VI, addressed to Tacitus, holds unparalleled historical value. In it, Pliny describes the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which destroyed the city of Pompeii. Many scholars claim that with his letters, Pliny invented a new literary genre: the letter written not only to establish pleasant communication with peers but also to publish it later. Pliny compiled copies of every letter he wrote throughout his life and published those he considered the best in twelve books. This edition presents selected letters chosen for their various characteristics and covering several books, focusing mainly on Books I, II, and III. The work is part of the famous collection: 501 Books You Must Read.
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:
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 Pliny the Younger written by Jo-Ann Shelton and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 2016-07-11 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters of Pliny the Younger contained in this volume provide intermediate and advanced Latin students insight into the political and social life of the early imperial period of Rome. Pliny portrays himself as a generous benefactor to his hometown, a supporter of education, and a patron who promotes the political and literary careers of younger men. His correspondence with Trajan, including the emperor’s responses, documents Pliny’s governorship of the province of Bithynia-Pontus. The letters also reveal more personal aspects of his life, including his relationship with his wife, his views on slavery, and his experiences during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that killed his uncle, Pliny the Elder. Same- and facing-page commentary helps students to understand both the Latin text and the political, social, and historical context of the letters. Introductions for each letter guide students in understanding and interpreting the text. Special Features • Introduction to Pliny’s life and letters • Unadapted Latin texts of thirty letters with same- and facing-page commentary • Introductions for each letter • Genealogical charts • Three maps • black-and-white illustrations • Glossary of proper names • Index • Latin to English glossary
Download or read book Selected Letters written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Selected Letters of Pliny written by Pliny the Younger and published by Digireads.Com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Younger was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Born of the equestrian rank, the lower of the two Roman aristocratic orders, Pliny would ascend to the higher rank, the senatorial order, by being elected Quaestor in his late twenties. The nephew of Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger would have correspondence with numerous important Roman figures throughout his lifetime, including the Emperor Trajan, of which the latter portion of this work focuses on. This representative selection of Pliny the Younger's letters serves as an important first hand document of Roman life and politics during the first century AD.
Download or read book Ashen Sky written by and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barry Moser's extraordinarily detailed and evocative relief engravings decorate this translation of Pliny the Younger's two famous letters to Tacitus about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and the death of his uncle, Pliny the Elder. Printed in black and white, the engravings are works of art that illustrate various descriptions in the letters. The text includes a brief description of the eruption of the volcano, concise biographies of Tacitus and of both Plinys, and a summary of how the texts of the two letters have survived until today.
Download or read book Selected letters of the Younger Pliny written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected letters of the younger Pliny written by Elmer Truesdell Merrill and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reading the Letters of Pliny the Younger written by Roy K. Gibson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situates Pliny's Letters within the letter-writing tradition, offers new readings of favourite letters, and emphasises the importance of understanding letters within the context of original books or informal 'cycles'. For advanced undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars interested in the study of ancient letters and imperial Latin literature.
Download or read book Selected letters of Pliny written by Pliny (the Younger.) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 Pliny the Younger Epistles 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: The first modern literary commentary on Pliny the Younger's Epistles II, essential reading for students and scholars of Roman literature.
Download or read book Selected Letters of the Younger Pliny Classic Reprint written by Elmer Truesdell Merrill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Selected Letters of the Younger Pliny The text of the present edition is constituted on the basis of new and complete collations of most of the manuscripts cited, and of the careful study to a greater or less extent of many other manuscripts of the Letters. The collations were made during the course of two journeys on the continent of Europe, one in 1895, and another (of fourteen months) in 1898-99, which were chiefly devoted to this task. I desire to acknowledge the great kindness and courtesy shown by Father Ehrle, Prefect of the Vatican Library, by the Prefect and other officials of the Laurentian and Riccardian Libraries at Florence, and indeed by all the authorities of collections of manu scripts to whom I have had occasion to appeal for permission to carry on my work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Selected Letters of the Younger Pliny written by Caius Caecilius Secundus Plinius and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 473 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 1871 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Letters of Pliny written by Constantine Estlin Prichard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-19 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Selected Letters of Pliny: With Notes for the Use of Schools The text of this selection of Pliny's letters is that of Keil (leipsic, Keil has prefixed to this (his second edition) an admirable account of the materials extant for a critical edition of the works of the author, and an estimate of their comparative authority. He distinguishes three families of extant mss. The first is represented by the Medicean and Vatican mss. Of these the Vatican, though perhaps the more ancient, contains only the first four books. The Medicean, containing all the letters except those to and from Trajan, must therefore hold the first place in importance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
