The symposium studies collected in this book represent the newest research being done on the important and difficult figure of Pliny the Elder (ca. 23-79 AD). If Rome is not always regarded as the most natural home for the scientific spirit--that seeming rather to characterize the Greeks--particular problems are raised by the effort Pliny had to make to transfer his Greek sources into a Roman form and context.

Language: English

ISBN: 0-7099-1084-3; LC: PA6614; DDC: 001.2'0942'4