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Tag Archives: Pliny the Younger
Someone is Missing the Pointing Here: Pliny, Ep. 1.11.1
Back to Pliny, with a tiny bit of Orthographica. The PDF is here.
Blame the Author, or the Scribe? (Pliny, Ep. 10.4.3)
Just uploaded: another conjecture, this one in the letters of the Younger Pliny: PDF. Comments?
Curculio 1: Silius Italicus: Why Seventeen Books?
The unusual length of Silius Italicus’ Punica has often caused puzzlement. Antony Augoustakis discusses the point in the first chapter of the recent Brill companion to Silius. He credits Michael von Albrecht with noting that the number of books “corresponds … Continue reading
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Does This Count?
Michael Gilleland, Laudator Temporis Acti, collects examples of asyndetic, privative adjectives. Here is a possible bilingual example from the Younger Pliny (Epistulae 2.3.8), writing of those who can’t be bothered to go see the orator Isaeus: Aphilókalon inlitteratum iners ac … Continue reading
Text I: Pliny 3.14 on the Murder of Larcius Macedo
Dear Acilius, 1 A terrible thing, worthy of more than just a letter, has been suffered at the hands of his slaves by Larcius Macedo, a man of praetorian rank, a haughty and savage master who remembered too little — … Continue reading
New Feature: Ancient Text of the Week
Coming up shortly, an English translation of the Younger Pliny on the murder of Larcius Macedo (Epistle 3.14). This is a private letter, but no doubt polished up, since Pliny published it himself in his own lifetime. I have tried … Continue reading
