The Younger Pliny

The Letters of the Younger Pliny

Übersetzer: Radice, Betty

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents the author's personal letters that address a range of topics, from an account of his uncle's death in the eruption that engulfed Pompeii, to observations on the early Christians from descriptions of everyday life in Rome, with its scandals and court cases, to his life in the country.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 130mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 238g
• ISBN-13: 9780140441277
• ISBN-10: 0140441271
• Artikelnr.: 21295760

Autorenporträt

A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny (c. AD 61-113) was also a prolific letter-writer. Betty Radice was an honorary fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford and vice-president of the Classical Association. She was a renowned translator of both Latin and Greek.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
BOOK ONE BOOK TWO BOOK THREE BOOK FOUR BOOK FIVE BOOK SIX BOOK SEVEN BOOK
EIGHT BOOK NINE BOOK TEN
Appendix A: Inscriptions Appendix B: Plan of Pliny's House at Laurentum
Appendix C: Table of Events Appendix D: Key to Technical Terms Map of
Central and Northern Italy Map of Bithynia and Pontus Bibliography Index of
Proper Names and Places