Pliny the younger encyclopedia of the bible bible gateway. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. Entry for the younger pliny 1911 encyclopedia britannica one of 8 bible encyclopedias freely available, this resource contained over 40 million words in nearly 40,000 articles written by 1,500 respected authors. Next to the mauri was formerly the nation of the mass. The younger pliny synonyms, the younger pliny antonyms. The letters of the younger pliny penguin classics by pliny the younger and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The project gutenberg ebook of letters of pliny, by pliny this ebook is for the use of. Plinys letter to trajan christian history institute. The vav or english w or 6 is highlighted in yellow. Jan 16, 2006 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 or rather too well that his own father had been a slave.
Note on the text the text of books i to ix of the letters rests on three manuscript traditions, the 9book, the 10book and the 8book, known as. Be the first to ask a question about the letters of the younger pliny. Choose from 500 different sets of pliny letter translation flashcards on quizlet. I could happily have kept reading it for another six months if that had been possible.
This post begins a serialized translation and commentary of pliny the youngers letters 6. The silver latin of pliny is mercifully easy to read. The letters of the younger pliny by pliny the younger goodreads. Pliny book 1, letter 1 latin text pliny book 1, letter 6 english translation pliny book 1, letter 6 latin text pliny book 1, letter 9 english translation. I know that immortal fame awaits him if his death is recorded by you. The loeb classical library edition of pliny the younger is in two volumes.
You have constantly urged me to collect and publish the more highly finished of the letters that i may have written. A footnote to plinys account of christian worship ralph p. Letters of pliny the younger and the emperor trajan. The letters, on which today his fame mainly rests, were largely written with a view to. This post belongs to a serialized translation and commentary of pliny the youngers letters 6. You desire to know in what manner i dispose of my day in summer time at my tuscan villa.
Primary sources letters of pliny the younger and the. Its all very well it being referred to in studies of the early church, but when it is so referred, it is surely cited as epistulae letter s x. And just to set the record straight see below, it was the elder pliny this pliny s uncle and adopted father who was present at the eruption of mt vesuvius, and he died there. Letters of pliny, by gaius plinius caecilius secundus. This is the first general introduction to pliny s letters published in any language, combining close readings with broader context and adopting a fresh and innovative approach to reading the letters as an artistically structured collection. Here he met christians for the first time and was not sure how they should be dealt with. It is the 10th book which was published after pliny s death that contains his correspondances with the emperor trajan. So the letter which you asked me to write on my uncles death has made you eager to hear about the terrors and hazards i had to face when left at misenum, for i broke off at the beginning of this part of my story.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The arable land is so stiff that it is necessary to go over it nine times with the. It was a notion which generally prevailed with the ancients, in the jewish as. Proconsul of pontus and bithynia and persecutor of the christians there. Firth 1900 a few words and phrases have been modified. Pliny responded with a narrative extending from the early afternoon. Pliny to cornelius tacitus thank you for asking me to send you a description of my uncles death so that you can leave an accurate account of it for posterity1.
Plinys letters have not lost their currency partly because the social topics are still timely, whether they are property values going up in tuscany, scandals over the acceptance of bribes or the adultery of public figures, an invitation to dinner, the playing of a prank, or just plain gossip. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restric. Pliny has a gift for description and a versatile prose style, and more than any of his contemporaries he gives an unprejudiced picture of rome as he knew it. Learn pliny letter translation with free interactive flashcards. So he wrote the following letter to emperor trajan reporting what he had done so far and asking for guidance. Pliny was a civil servant who served as governor of bithynia, in the north of asia minor modern turkey, from 1111 ad. Though my mind shrinks from rememberingi will begin. The fate of plinys letters in the late empire jstor.
The number value of the hebrew letter is below the english letter. You will ask how that can possibly be in the midst of rome. Natural history pliny project gutenberg selfpublishing. It is simply to add an extended footnote to plinys text, alluded to in the final paragraph of the article aspects of worship in the new testament church in vox evangelica ii 1963. I dont think the plural would be incorrect or even contentious, since its notionally part of a whole source, but thats a side matter. The collection includes his wellknown letters about the eruption of vesuvius. See key to translations for an explanation of the format. I have spent these several days past among my papers with the most pleasing tranquillity imaginable. The tenth book of the letters was addressed to the emperor trajan and concerns the administration of the province of bithynia. This custom, however, of anointing themselves, is inveighed against by the satirists as in the number of their luxurious indulgences. Pliny the younger, the roman governor of bithynia and pontus now in modern turkey wrote a letter to emperor trajan around ad 112 and asked for counsel on dealing with the early christian community. The comic writer eupolis,6 i remember, mentions it in praise of that.
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