Pliny's encyclopedia: the reception of the natural history
Auteur :
Doody, Aude
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521491037
Date de publication :
11 févr. 2010
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,9 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
470 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.