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Author:   Jacqueline Carlon (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston) ,  Associate Professor Jacqueline Carlon (University of Massachusetts Boston)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 18.80cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.363kg
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9780199340613

ISBN 10:   0199340617
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   14 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Map Acknowledgments Introduction Commentary Abbreviations Glossary of Rhetorical and Grammatical Terms Frequent Vocabulary Book I I Dedication of the Epistulae VI Hunting and more IX City life vs. country life XIII Promising poets and middling audiences XVIII Interpreting ominous dreams XXIV A farm for Suetonius Book II IV Helping a female relative VI How to treat dinner guests XIII Recommending an old friend XVII Pliny's Laurentian Villa XX Regulus the legacy hunter Book III III Recommending a tutor VI Dedicating a statue XIV Slaves murder their master XV Evaluating a friend's poetry XXI In tribute to Martial Book IV II Regulus the contemptible mourner VIII Becoming an augur like Cicero XI Domitian executes the Vestal Cornelia XIX Calpurnia, the ideal wife XXIII Proper retirement XXV Electoral misbehavior Book V XVI Minicia Marcella, the ideal betrothed XIX Pliny's freedman Zosimus Book VI IV 1st love letter to Calpurnia VII 2nd letter to Calpurnia X Disgrace of an unfinished tomb XI Praise of Pliny's proteges XVI Eruption of Vesuvius and the Elder Pliny XX Eruption of Vesuvius and the Younger Pliny XXVII How to praise Trajan Book VII XVIII Creating lasting generosity XIX Fannia, the ideal matron XXIV Ummidius Quadratus' feisty grandmother XXVII Do ghosts exist? Book VIII XII Literary obligations XVI Humane treatment of slaves Book IX III Pursuing immortal fame VI Chariot racing's allure XVII To each his own taste XIX Quest for immortality XXIII Achieving literary fame XXXVI A day away from Rome XXXIX Rebuilding the Temple of Ceres Book X XXXIX Shoddy building practices XL Trajan responds LXV Status of freeborn foundlings LXVI Trajan responds XCVI How to deal with Christians XCVII Trajan responds

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""Jacqui Carlon's Selected Letters from Pliny the Younger's Epistulae is a welcome addition to the ongoing resurgence in studies on Roman epistolary literature, Pliny especially. Carlon's text is well balanced: the notes are equally attentive to both cultural and grammatical elements. Grammatical and syntactical glosses are meticulously researched and appropriately referenced: Carlon's degree of accuracy in this regard is exceptional. Intermediate students, in particular, will find these explanations clear and helpful. The Introduction is organized and well written, with wide-ranging, accurate, and insightful content. The bibliographic references and suggestions for further reading reflect current scholarship and seminal works that every new Pliny student should read.""--Noelle K. Zeiner-Carmichael, College of Charleston

Jacqui Carlon's Selected Letters from Pliny the Younger's Epistulae is a welcome addition to the ongoing resurgence in studies on Roman epistolary literature, Pliny especially. Carlon's text is well balanced: the notes are equally attentive to both cultural and grammatical elements. Grammatical and syntactical glosses are meticulously researched and appropriately referenced: Carlon's degree of accuracy in this regard is exceptional. Intermediate students, in particular, will find these explanations clear and helpful. The Introduction is organized and well written, with wide-ranging, accurate, and insightful content. The bibliographic references and suggestions for further reading reflect current scholarship and seminal works that every new Pliny student should read. Noelle K. Zeiner-Carmichael, College of Charleston

Author Information

Jacqueline Carlon is Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Classics at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is the author of Pliny's Women: Constructing Virtue and Creating Identity in the Roman World (2009).

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