Pliny's Encyclopedia The Reception of the Natural History |
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| Author:
| Doody, Aude |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-67622-2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2010 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital download and online |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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This book examines responses to Pliny the Elder's Natural History over the last two millennia, making a major contribution not only to the study of the work itself, which has usually been characterised as an encyclopedia, but also to our understanding of the reception of classical literature and ideas since antiquity.
This book examines responses to Pliny the Elder's Natural History over the last two millennia, making a major contribution not only to the study of the work itself, which has usually been characterised as an encyclopedia, but also to our understanding of the reception of classical literature and ideas since antiquity.