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Pliny the Elder (0023–0079)

Autor(a) de Natural History: A Selection

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Obras de Pliny the Elder

Natural History: A Selection (0077) 357 cópias
Natural History (1938) 254 cópias
De wereld (2004) 39 cópias
3.2: Botanica: libri 20-27 (1997) 10 cópias
Storia delle arti antiche (2000) 6 cópias
Histoire naturelle livre XX (1979) 6 cópias
Natural History (Classics) (2004) 6 cópias
Histoire naturelle livre IX (1979) 6 cópias
Histoire naturelle livre I (1997) 5 cópias
Histoire naturelle livre XI (1990) 4 cópias
Gesamtregister (1973) 2 cópias
Plinius, Horaz, Lucrez 1 exemplar(es)
Natural History Vol: IV 1 exemplar(es)
Natural history Vol: III 1 exemplar(es)
[Plinio antico volgare] 1 exemplar(es)
Natural History Vol:X 1 exemplar(es)
Natural History Volume 4 1 exemplar(es)
Natural History: Vol IV 1 exemplar(es)
Elder-God Conspiracy (1988) 1 exemplar(es)
Natural History Volume 3 1 exemplar(es)
Natural History: Vol I 1 exemplar(es)
L'histoire du monde 1 exemplar(es)
Natural History: Vol II 1 exemplar(es)
Natural History: Vol III 1 exemplar(es)
Natural History Volume 1 1 exemplar(es)
Natural History: Vol V 1 exemplar(es)
Natural History Volume 5 1 exemplar(es)
Various Works 1 exemplar(es)
Des animaux ? 1 exemplar(es)
Natural History Volume 2 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

The Penguin Book of Dragons (2021) — Contribuinte — 112 cópias
The Paganism Reader (2004) — Contribuinte — 63 cópias
The Faber Book of Gardens (2007) — Contribuinte — 45 cópias
Latvijas vēstures antīkie un bizantiskie avoti (2011) — Autor — 1 exemplar(es)

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome padrão
Plinius de Oudere
Nome de batismo
Plinius Secundus, Gaius
Outros nomes
Plinio
Cayo Plinio Segundo
Plinius Secundus, Gaius
Plinius Secundus, Gaius, maior
Data de nascimento
0023
Data de falecimento
0079-08-25
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Roman Empire
País (para mapa)
Italy
Local de nascimento
Como, Italy
Local de falecimento
Stabiae, Italy
Causa da morte
volcanic eruption (Mount Vesuvius)
Locais de residência
Rome, Italy
Ocupação
politician
naturalist
philosopher
Relacionamentos
Plinius de Jongere (neef en adoptiezoon)

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A Pliny em Challenge: Loeb Classical Library (Julho 2021)

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This review is specifically for the Penguin edition edited by John F. Healy. Pliny's writing is often fascinating, and his prejudices are clear. Italy is the most wonderful of all countries--a lot of modern day travelers would still agree with him, of course; things were much better in the old days; people now are too greedy and ostentatious; and so on. The book is filled with pretty much anything Pliny could throw in, and this is just a severe abridgment! Healy lets us down as editor, however. His footnotes are often few and far between and most of them simply translate Pliny's dates to dates we can understand. Most of the inexplicable references or words Pliny uses aren't explained at all. More importantly, there is no insight provided as to how someone as seemingly intelligent as Pliny could also believe such ridiculous things. For instance, that a 2-inch long Goby fish could attach itself the rudder of a Roman warship and stop it from moving! There are lots of other similar things here that demand a lot more explanation--or maybe I just need a different book that provides an extended analysis of Pliny's Natural History without being an actual translation. With its short sections, I ended up leaving this book beside my bed and reading a few pages each night. It is not something you can just sit down and devour dozens of pages at a time. My recommendation for potential readers is to look for a more insightful, helpful version.… (mais)
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datrappert | outras 2 resenhas | Oct 16, 2022 |
EL CIELO : SEGÚN PLINIO EL VIEJO

El cielo es un símbolo supremo, un arquetipo capital en todas las culturas porque une dos extremos: por un lado, la realidad física espacial, con sus sistemas planetarios, sus cuerpos celestes, energías cósmicas y movimiento mecánico; por otro, está vinculado a un mundo de metáforas, parábolas de verdades eternas, contemplaciones sagradas y emociones trascendentes. Este volumen pretende ser una antología ideal que ilustre mejor el imaginario acerca de la bóveda celeste.

Entre los miles de posibles testigos y autores, se ha elegido a Plinio el Viejo, muerto en Stabias en el 79 d. C. durante la erupción del Vesubio y autor de la monumental Historia natural, la más célebre enciclopedia del mundo grecolatino, de la que publicamos aquí los capítulos del libro II dedicados a la Cosmología. Plinio define el cielo como un globo «en cuyo seno transcurren todas las cosas», dedica minuciosos análisis a los círculos celestes, enumera las estrellas, verifica los eclipses, nos recuerda que el arco iris es una mezcla de nubes, fuego y aire y muchas otras cosas.

Pero su mirada no es fría y aséptica como la de un telescopio: cada dato se transfigura poéticamente, gracias también a la inevitable mezcla, muy común en los tratados de la Edad Antigua, de mito y ciencia. Las 90 bellísimas láminas en color de este libro ilustran el cielo eterno de la tradición geocéntrica del universo, desde los códices cristianos hasta los libros astronómicos del islam. Los cuatro ensayos introductorios servirán de guía al lector para orientarse en el maremágnum de interpretaciones que, sobre el cielo, nos llegan desde la Edad Media.
… (mais)
 
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FundacionRosacruz | Jun 4, 2018 |
Ein Fundus an Wissen und Aberglaube. Herrlich zum zwischendurch Lesen!
 
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Ralle | Aug 19, 2016 |
Pliny was a "scientist" of his day. Although recording natural phenomena - he tied watching the destruction of Pompeii from a ship in its harbor - he also recorded the weird beliefs of the day, such as the weasel being the most destructive of all creatures, so horrific even alligators fear it. (They have a penchant for rushing down the throat when the gator is yawning and eating its way out!) Novel information and an entertaining book.
 
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JVioland | outras 2 resenhas | Jul 14, 2014 |

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Obras
136
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Membros
1,967
Popularidade
#13,070
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Resenhas
6
ISBNs
162
Idiomas
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