| 单词 | Pliny |
| 例句 | This explains why there are no parts of the body named after Hippocrates or Galen, no stars named after Ptolemy, no creatures named after Aristotle or Pliny. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The claim that the earth is a dot compared to the universe had already been made by Pliny, Natural History, 11:68. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She’d never liked monster class—reading Pliny the Elder and those other musty authors who described legendary monsters from the edges of the Roman Empire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As Pliny the Naturalist saith, “No man is wise in every hour. ” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Cato and Pliny had said that a bottle made of ivy could be used to establish whether wine had been adulterated with water, as the wine would be expelled, leaving the water behind. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z For Pliny and others make divers sorts of them, the best whereof is the Ethiopian. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The philosophers found such an answer unsatisfactory, even though something similar was to be found in Pliny’s Natural History, and sought a natural explanation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the case of the Azores this was mistaken, while it was correct in the case of Madeira, discovered—or rather rediscovered—around the same time, for it was known to Pliny and Plutarch. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Della Porta reads like a modern when Garzoni is doing his thinking for him, and like Pliny when he is thinking for himself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Pliny the Elder, writing in the first century AD, called them prophetic, direful and accursed. What goes on when lightning strikes? 2013-05-25T23:07:12Z Humans have been getting freaky with statuary since the days of Pliny the Elder. Roundup: Palmyra temple destroyed, Zaha's controversial stadium, Banksy's Disneyland 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Despite his beer geekiness – in California, “I run to the nearest place where there’s a Pliny the Elder,” he said of a hard-to-find ale – he was not much for flowery descriptions. Drinking With Sam Rockwell, a ‘Fool for Love’ on Broadway 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z This occasionally results in awkward transitions of the “Oh, and that reminds me” sort, and for some out-of-nowhere digressions of a kind that would have pleased the elder Pliny. They Were the Renaissance Men of Roman Antiquity 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z In his Naturalis Historia, written in the first century AD, the Roman author Pliny the Elder discusses the lives and works of painters and sculptors. For critics, it's better to be interesting than right 2011-01-28T13:02:56Z The Falernian, from Southern Italy, by contrast, was “strong” and “powerful”; Pliny the Elder wrote that “there is now no wine known that ranks higher.” Is There a Better Way to Talk About Wine? 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Pliny the Elder — naturalist, philosopher, warrior and all-around sage of the early Roman Empire — plays an unlikely role in “Placebo,” the new play by Melissa James Gibson that opened on Monday at Playwrights Horizons. Review: ‘Placebo,’ With Carrie Coon, Opens at Playwrights Horizons 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Such is the popularity of Pliny the Elder. Our 6 favorite IPAs for hoppy, hazy sips 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The buildup got crazier after Beer Advocate magazine last year named Pliny the Younger the world's best beer, supplanting the legendary Belgian Westvleteren 12. Serious suds: Where to get 'cult' beer Pliny the Younger 2011-03-01T23:54:03Z Pliny doesn’t actually appear as a character in Ms. Gibson’s slight but divertingly offbeat comedy-drama. Review: ‘Placebo,’ With Carrie Coon, Opens at Playwrights Horizons 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Pliny found truth in wine, while Hemingway found company. Why I use phrases like ‘tobacco leaf,’ ‘black fruit’ and ‘jammy’ to describe wine 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Pliny claimed to have taken no care in collecting and arranging these letters, but he almost certainly polished and tweaked them after the fact to make himself look good for posterity. They Were the Renaissance Men of Roman Antiquity 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Q: How come I haven’t heard a peep about Pliny the Younger this year? Wherefore Murray, and other happy-hour reader questions 2013-03-27T21:41:14Z Pliny the Younger’s letter to Tacitus was written 25 years after the eruption and, as noted in the review, he was not with his uncle at the site. Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z It is true that some people have proposed that Pliny the Elder died of a heart attack or stroke during the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. What One Woman Packed and Another Woman Thought 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z The highlights this month: A sample tray from the esteemed Russian River Brewery Co. was featured three weeks ago, including the most sought-after beer in America, Pliny the Younger. Happy Hour: Who would guess ? craft beer tasting in a convenience-store setting 2011-03-23T00:29:42Z Crystal divination was described by Pliny the Elder, a Roman author and naturalist, in the 1st century A.D. ‘Healing’ crystals are having a pandemic moment. But science says they’re just pretty stones. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z That scholar, Pliny Earle Goddard, was employed by the museum in 1914 to live among the Apache and study their rituals, according to copies of letters written by Mr. Goddard at the time. Apaches’ Dispute With American Museum of Natural History 2013-08-19T22:28:01Z But Dunn is a good writer, with some of the easy erudition of Mary Beard, that great popularizer of Roman history, and her translations from both Plinys are graceful and precise. They Were the Renaissance Men of Roman Antiquity 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z His works are known only through descriptions by writers, chiefly Pliny the Elder. Open thread: which lost works of art would you most like to see? 2012-07-01T18:01:01Z On wall texts various big names — the Roman writer Pliny, Delacroix, Picasso and also Rembrandt — announce that to finish a work is to kill it. At the Met Breuer, Thinking Inside the Box 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z If that sounds like a social nightmare to you, the Roman author Pliny understands. Analysis | Why do we kiss on New Year’s? 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z The nephew also recorded that Pliny had raw and narrow airways, so asphyxiation seems a plausible cause of death. What One Woman Packed and Another Woman Thought 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Roanoke Inn is one of only 20 bars in the state to carry the cult beer Pliny the Younger every February, the most sought after beer in America. Historic Roanoke Inn on Mercer Island offers a spot to try some good craft beers 2012-04-17T22:32:04Z Even in Roman times, Pliny the Elder wrote about regions or vineyards that produced superior wines. How relevant is a 160-year-old way to classify chateaux vintages? 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Pliny the Elder mentions that the “best kind” of black pigment “is adulterated with the soot from furnaces and baths, which is used for writing.” Solving the Mystery of Ancient Ink Origins 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z A pivotal role seems to have been played for centuries, by Hegra in the far north of Saudi Arabia which, at some point, became known to Greek and Latin writers such as Pliny. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z Pliny the Elder not only considered lightning direful, but noticed it often accompanied volcanic eruptions. What goes on when lightning strikes? 2013-05-25T23:07:12Z A brine-washed ewe’s cheese aged for a minimum of eight months, it is also considered one of the oldest Italian cheeses: Pliny the Elder described its production in the Roman countryside two millenniums ago. When in Rome, Learn to Cook Italian 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z The program, like the Pliny text generator, produced both epiphanies and duds. Hacking the Humanities 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z They distributed beers, including the cultish Pliny the Elder I.P.A. to Monk’s Café in Philadelphia and to Falling Rock, where the couple attended the closing festivities with fellow brewers. Last Call for the Beer Bar? 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z The younger Pliny lived to write them because, characteristically, he had his nose in a book and declined to join his uncle’s expedition. They Were the Renaissance Men of Roman Antiquity 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Except for his time as legate, and for an ongoing feud with a notorious scoundrel named Regulus, the younger Pliny did not lead an especially eventful life. They Were the Renaissance Men of Roman Antiquity 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Pliny’s nephew, who wrote the sole surviving eyewitness account of the eruption, gathered that he collapsed after his breathing was obstructed by the thick fumes. What One Woman Packed and Another Woman Thought 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Roman writer Pliny the Elder commented that the best perfume was one that made all the men in the area forget what they were doing when a women wearing it walked by. Smells like witch spirit: How the ancient world’s scented sorceresses influence ideas about magic 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z There is good reason for the cult following: Pliny the Elder is rife with citrus fruit flavor and has a pleasant, soft piney finish. Our 6 favorite IPAs for hoppy, hazy sips 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Two weeks ago, the Russian River Brewery's Pliny the Elder was the tap special for $3. Trellis in Kirkland gets high marks for gourmet bar food and drinks 2011-06-07T23:26:04Z “If Shakespeare finds a good speech in an older version of ‘Macbeth’ or Pliny, he just rips it and mixes it.” Reality According to Tom McCarthy 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z His father, Pliny, was a law school graduate and frustrated radical who died when Locke was 6. The Philosopher Who Believed That Art Was Key to Black Liberation 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Pliny the Younger assumes his uncle died because of the eruption, but current thought on the subject is that Pliny the Elder probably died from a stroke or heart attack. Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z She quotes male partners in the mission at Beirut, Pliny Fisk and Levi Parsons, who had pledged to “give ourselves to each other,” “our hearts knit together as the heart of one man.” The Love Triangle That Caused a Religious Panic 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Pliny the Elder claimed that a mere look from a menstruating woman will “dim the brightness of mirrors, blunt the edge of steel, and take away the polish from ivory.” Seven crazy myths about the female anatomy 2012-08-24T13:37:00Z “In vino veritas” is a saying attributed to Pliny the Elder. On the power of a shared glass 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Pliny the Elder wrote that a grown man would have trouble wrapping his arms around a single fallen thumb of the statue, so giant had it been. How we lost the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z He sold Russian River Brewing’s Pliny the Younger, the most sought-after beer in America. Super Deli Mart beer guru re-emerges in Lynnwood 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Some 2,000 years ago historian Pliny the Elder cited a recipe using snow, honey and fruit nectar. 'Eat Pray Love' exalts purists' gelato in Rome 2010-08-16T19:26:00Z The annual hunt for the elusive cult beer Pliny the Younger is on, as every beer connoisseur knows. Chasing the elusive Pliny the Younger 2012-02-22T14:05:46Z One of the earliest accounts of these non-human beings was written by the Roman natural historian Pliny the Elder in 77 A.D. Columbus believed he would find “blemmyes” and “sciapods” — not people — in the New W... 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Last week, on Christmas Eve, BBC Radio 3 featured “Winter Wanderer”—a delightful, amusing three hours of the travel writer Horatio Clare walking through the Black Forest, stamping briskly and musing about Pliny and conifers. “Slow Radio,” The Podcast That Promotes Monks, Moose, and Inner Peace 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Turnips have been used to feed animals since antiquity, although Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder stressed that they were just as good for human consumption. Turnips: How Britain fell out of love with the much-maligned vegetable 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z He almost seems familiar, in a way the elder Pliny could never be. They Were the Renaissance Men of Roman Antiquity 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Red House Beer and Wine in Renton on Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. will offer a $20 tasting of three Russian River beers including Pliny the Younger. Chasing the elusive Pliny the Younger 2012-02-22T14:05:46Z Roman author Pliny the Younger ascribes to Emperor Nero both the invention of the ice bucket and the chilling of water. The icy backstory to that "clink clink" you’ll hear when raising a toast to the end of 2020 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Historical accounts report laws related to collection of seaweed in Iceland, Brittany and Ireland dating to the 10th Century, while sea kale is mentioned by Pliny as a sailor's anti-scurvy remedy. Study reveals our European ancestors ate seaweed and freshwater plants 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z In his “Natural History,” Pliny the Elder, the admiral and scholar who died in 79 A.D. while trying to rescue desperate villagers fleeing the debris of Mt. Scalpel, Forceps, Bone Drill: Modern Medicine in Ancient Rome 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z For example, the letters of Pliny the Younger, a provincial governor in Asia Minor in the early second century, ask the emperor Trajan for advice about local Christians. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z To cure epilepsy, the first-century historian Pliny the Elder advised driving a nail into the ground at the spot where the afflicted person’s head lay at the start of the seizure. In a Roman Tomb, ‘Dead Nails’ Reveal an Occult Practice 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z It was Pliny the Elder who told us, “Home is where the heart is.” Idra Novey's new novel proves fiction can be worth a thousand think pieces 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z One of the first clear records of human-wildlife cooperation dates back to the first century C.E., when Pliny the Elder mentioned fishers working with dolphins in modern-day southern France. A Famed Dolphin-Human Fishing Team Up Is in Danger of Disappearing 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Pliny the Elder, the ancient world’s great naturalist, wrote in his encyclopedic “Natural History” that the region around Pompeii had “fleeces of sheep so handsome.” To Save a Ruin, Send in the Sheep 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z “This all offers a different interpretation from what Pliny wrote,” he said. When, Exactly, Did Mount Vesuvius Erupt? 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z With this last philosophical gambit, “Pliny drops his audience into an abyss,” Paulas writes, “for the sake of sheer wonder.” The Ethereal Taste of Flowers 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Murex mollusks are the only source of the ancient dye, documented by Pliny, known as Tyrian purple. Review | The human history found inside a seashell 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z Pliny the Elder was a naval commander in the Roman Empire who wrote extensively about natural history. Vesuvius ancient eruption rescuer identified at Herculaneum, says expert 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The volcano’s eruption killed Pliny with “some gross and noxious vapor,” as his nephew, Pliny the Younger, wrote in his own searing account of the disaster. To Save a Ruin, Send in the Sheep 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z The catoblepas and, more famously, the basilisk, both described by Pliny the Elder, could kill with the single glance. When Our Gaze Is a Physical Force 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z It’s first mentioned in the writings of classical antiquity, including those of the Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder. Revisiting an Ancient Theory of Herbalism 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z She agrees with naturalist Pliny, who wrote two millennia ago that insects display nature’s “exhaustless ingenuity”. Think international to end climate change, the wonder of flies, and the fourth wave of globalization: Books in brief 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z His death during the eruption of Vesuvius was recorded by his nephew, Pliny the Younger, in two letters written to the historian Tacitus. Vesuvius ancient eruption rescuer identified at Herculaneum, says expert 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z The claim on the tag was later hedged to read: “Skull from the excavations of Pompeii and attributed to Pliny.” Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Writers from Pliny the Elder to Herodotus raved about the qualities of Judean dates, including their long shelf-life, which allowed them to be transported far and wide. Scientists in Israel grow date plants from 2,000-year-old seeds 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z In the first century A.D., pepper was “bought by weight like gold or silver,” as recorded by the Roman historian Pliny the Elder, who worried that the empire would squander its wealth on such spices. How Spices Have Made, and Unmade, Empires 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Opper makes body mist, bath soap and 21 other products from the lavender he grows, and he sticks with the folkloric wisdom that dates back to Pliny the Elder. The purple iPhone is just the tip of the lavender craze | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Linklater also introduced Curtis to architect Pliny Fisk III, founder of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems and an innovator in landscape architecture and environmentally sustainable work. How Richard Linklater's 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' uses oddball architecture to reflect its heroine 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The skull, they concluded, squared with what was known about Pliny at his death, but the jawbone belonged to someone else. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Almonds are repeatedly referenced in the Bible, andRoman author Pliny the Elder notes their acrid taste in his massive A.D. The Bitter Truth: Scientists Sequence the Almond Genome 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z On 24 August in ad 79, the Roman aristocrat Pliny the Younger witnessed a “cloud, both strange and enormous in appearance” above the Bay of Naples. World of addiction, zen cosmology, and the impending aquacalypse: Books in brief 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Pliny argued that belief in an afterlife removes “Nature’s particular boon,” the great blessing of death, and merely makes dying more anguished by adding anxiety about the future to the familiar grief of departure. If God Is Dead, Your Time Is Everything 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z Drawing on a report by Pliny the Elder, he conjures a scene at the Colosseum: The History of Blood 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Whatever is known about his death comes down to us from a pair of Latin letters by his nephew, Pliny the Younger; these constitute the sole surviving eyewitness account of the eruption. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Pliny the Younger, a writer and also a lawyer, said: “It is remarkable how one’s wits are sharpened by physical exercise.” Why exercise alone won’t save us 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The eruption of Vesuvius engulfed cities, including Pompeii, and killed his uncle, the renowned admiral and natural historian Pliny the Elder. World of addiction, zen cosmology, and the impending aquacalypse: Books in brief 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z It’s like, “And then Pliny the Elder made it up.” Flatworms fence with their penises and other gross science facts 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Pliny the Elder wrote in his “Natural History” that when women had their periods they could stop seeds from germinating, cause plants to wither, and make fruit fall from trees. The History of Blood 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z She alerted him to this plume of smoke, which her son, 17-year-old Pliny the Younger, also observed. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z According to his account, Pliny the Elder was then a fleet commander at Misenum - modern day Miseno - across the bay from Pompeii. Pompeii's destruction date could be wrong 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Daisy Dunn’s nuanced biography breathes new life into the younger Pliny, revealing his uncle’s scientific and philosophical influence on his own evolution into poet, magistrate, senator, curator of drains and prolific letter writer. World of addiction, zen cosmology, and the impending aquacalypse: Books in brief 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Caruso: We were cursing Pliny while writing this. Flatworms fence with their penises and other gross science facts 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z According to Pliny the Elder, the Greco-Persian king Mithridates VI, who ruled twenty-two nations in the first century B.C., “administered their laws in as many languages, and could harangue in each of them.” The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z “So, in that moment Pliny the Elder changed his plan.” Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Pliny the younger, meanwhile, watched the destruction unfold from the other side of the bay. Pompeii's destruction date could be wrong 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z For instance, the historian Gaius Plinius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Elder, maintained a running tally of long-lived persons and pondered the significance of their longevity. We haven’t maxed out our life spans yet, some scientists say 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z On May 22, new magma ascended from below, this time far more quickly, and exploded from the summit, causing a huge mushroom cloud eruption — similar to the kind that Pliny the Elder saw when Mt. A California volcano once obliterated a forest and propelled ash 280 miles. Experts say it offers a warning 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z It was for familial piety, Pliny explained; surely the beneficent Emperor Trajan would understand. Opinion | How Roman emperors dealt with government officials abusing travel budgets 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Admiral Pliny launched the other ships of the fleet and set out across the Bay of Naples. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z So did Pliny the Younger record things incorrectly? Pompeii's destruction date could be wrong 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z The Roman author Pliny the elder drew a line from the eclipse of 59 A.D. to towns being struck by lightning. Why People Used to Be Afraid of Solar Eclipses 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Pliny the Elder referred to “humulus lupulus” in a botany survey just decades after the birth of Christ, but there’s no record of people using hops for brewing for another eight centuries — in France. Craft beer explosion has hops growers looking at Virginia farming 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Except according to ancient lore, the mythical creature was “the fiercest animal, and it is said that it is impossible to capture one alive,” Pliny wrote. Review | Starbucks’ Unicorn Frappuccino tastes like sour birthday cake and shame 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z Curators exhibited the objects — which conformed to those in a photo taken by Matrone — and hastily cataloged the cranium as “Pliny the Elder’s skull.” Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Pliny and Ovid wrote about shipworms; the Romans coated the hulls of their vessels with tar and pitch as protection. The Loch Ness Monster of Mollusks 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Pliny contributes the information that, where he was governor in northern Turkey, Christians worshipped Christ as a god. What is the historical evidence that Jesus Christ lived and died? 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z This seems definitely to identify the monastery, but it is all that Pliny tells us. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z Pliny the Elder recorded that the best maritime concrete was made with ash from volcanic regions of the Gulf of Naples. Swansea lagoon should use 'Roman-style' concrete: expert - BBC News 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z “Having seen the cloud, Pliny the Elder decided he wanted to get closer to it to investigate,” said Daisy Dunn, a classicist whose 2019 biography “The Shadow of Vesuvius” is the definitive guide to Plinydom. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z I also believe that, to paraphrase the Roman lawyer Pliny the Younger, no book is so bad that you can’t find anything in it of interest. The Need to Read 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z Neither of them liked Christians – Pliny writes of their “pig-headed obstinacy” and Tacitus calls their religion a destructive superstition. What is the historical evidence that Jesus Christ lived and died? 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z This consists of a few small motorboats that are kept here to patrol the frontier, since Israel begins just south of here, not far from where Pliny said Judea stopped. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z Entries include Homer’s “Odysseus in the House of Death,” Pliny the Younger contemplating the existence of ghosts, and Shakespeare’s scenes of Hamlet confronting his father’s specter. 9 New Books to Read for Halloween 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z “If this is the skull of Pliny the Elder, I’d be absolutely flabbergasted,” she said. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Pliny the Elder described a seaside pond in what is now southern France, “where the dolphins and men are associated together for fishing.” How a Wild Bird Leads People to Honey 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z It is among the oldest in the West, described 2,000 years ago by Columella and Pliny the Elder. After 75 Years, the Cheese Stands Alone 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Their monastery, built crudely of gray blocks of stone, still stands, as was noted by Pliny, some distance away from the shore. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z Pliny the Elder writes of a set whose painted trompe-l’oeil roof tiles were so realistic that crows tried to alight on them. Designing Stages for Shakespeare and Kanye 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Mencken described the music of Puccini as “silver macaroni, exquisitely tangled,” and like many Italian tales, the facts in the case of Pliny are as pliable as tubes of boiled pasta. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The first Friday in February traditionally marks the release of Russian River Brewing’s world famous Pliny the Younger. Pliny the Younger is here: What you need to know about craft beer's most famous brew 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z In contrast, however, Pliny the Elder’s Natural History offers more factual information, while in the poems of Ovid cosmetics are presented positively, as a feature of sophisticated urban living. What We Know About Makeup in Ancient Rome 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z A good deal had already been known about this sect from three writers of the first century A.D.—Pliny, Josephus, and Philo. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z Such disputes are as old as Pliny, who claimed that a painting by Aristides of Thebes was ruined by whoever tried to clean it up for the Games of Apollo. The Art of Conservation 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z “It is very likely that the skull is Pliny, but we cannot have 100 percent security,” he said. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z But what is a Pliny, and is it really worth all of the hype and fervor? Pliny the Younger is here: What you need to know about craft beer's most famous brew 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The brewery is best known for Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger, both of which sit in the highest of the high ratings on Beer Advocate and Ratebeer, two immensely popular beer review sites. Spoiled rotten: how breweries are trying to spot bad beer through DNA 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Pliny’s description is brief but important in the present connection, for it locates the Essene community exactly where this building and the library were found. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z The whole experience of tasting the real-deal Pliny is a bucket-list item for any dedicated beer fan, and finding a local establishments lucky enough to get a keg is just a quick Google search away. Is the infamous beer Pliny the Younger worth the long lines? 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z To quote Pliny: “In these matters, the only certainty is that nothing is certain.” Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Here are a few answers to the most frequently heard inquiries about Pliny the Younger. Pliny the Younger is here: What you need to know about craft beer's most famous brew 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Later, at the brewpub, I sat outside — hovering over a pint of Pliny the Elder and avoiding raindrops. Spoiled rotten: how breweries are trying to spot bad beer through DNA 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z The thousands of centuries with which Pliny credits it must either refer to the future or simply be due to his vagueness. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z Note that these alternative are every bit as hoppy and well-made as Pliny the Younger — but they're not the real thing. Is the infamous beer Pliny the Younger worth the long lines? 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z A footnote in “The Shadow of Vesuvius” refers to an ancient rumor that Pliny was killed by a slave “whom he urged to hasten his death in the agonizing heat.” Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z What else is comparable to Pliny the Younger? Pliny the Younger is here: What you need to know about craft beer's most famous brew 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z To misquote Pliny the Elder, the only certainty may be that everything will stay uncertain. Could UK politics go Swedish? 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z If the passage from Pliny identifies the monastery, the detailed account by Josephus identifies the Manual of Discipline, which was found in the cave near the monastery. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z Every year around the time that Pliny the Younger fever starts, the lauded Long Beach brewpub releases its own triple IPA, and Hops of Fury is every bit the bitter monster that Pliny is. Is the infamous beer Pliny the Younger worth the long lines? 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, some prominent scholars are deeply skeptical of Project Pliny’s conclusions. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Pliny the Younger is a draft-only offering from Russian River, brewed just once a year. Pliny the Younger is here: What you need to know about craft beer's most famous brew 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Every year, during the first two weeks of February, the brewery sells limited amounts of Pliny the Younger, an extra-hoppy triple India Pale Ale. Forget the rain, beer drinkers line-up for signature brew in Santa Rosa 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The palms that were noted by Pliny as the only companions of the Essenes must have disappeared centuries ago. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z Pliny the Elder wrote of Adulis, which he said was founded by “Egyptian slaves fleeing their masters.” Mourning a Husband 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Dr. Dunn, who has closely followed the developments, wondered why, if Pliny the Elder’s body had been found in a sleeping posture, his body had not been entombed. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The official line from the brewery is that Pliny the Younger is simply too difficult and too time consuming to brew more than once a year. Pliny the Younger is here: What you need to know about craft beer's most famous brew 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Pliny the Younger was the nephew and adopted son of Pliny the Elder, a writer and naturalist who created the botanical name for hops. Forget the rain, beer drinkers line-up for signature brew in Santa Rosa 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Pliny, it will be remembered, says specifically of this community that it did not admit women, but in this case his information may have been out of date or inaccurate. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z Two millenniums ago in ancient Rome, Pliny the Elder complained that wine was frequently adulterated. In Vino Veritas. In Napa, Deceit. 2015-01-24T05:00:00Z In Pliny the Younger’s account, it was then that his uncle uttered the immortal words “Fortune favors the brave.” Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Who is this Pliny character anyway, and what’s the right way to say the beer’s name? Pliny the Younger is here: What you need to know about craft beer's most famous brew 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Pliny the Elder died during the eruption while trying to rescue friends. Forget the rain, beer drinkers line-up for signature brew in Santa Rosa 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z After six years and countless batches of Pliny, the equipment is showing its age and needs to be upgraded. Pliny lives! Firestone Walker steps in to keep vaunted brew flowing 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z "Not even our nobility ever enjoys wines that are genuine," complained Pliny in First century Rome. How easy is it to commit wine fraud? 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z It was Pliny the Elder’s fearsome intellectual curiosity that literally got him in hot water. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Any way you say Pliny, it’s bound to get beer fans talking. Pliny the Younger is here: What you need to know about craft beer's most famous brew 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Midaa says he currently has about 200 customers waiting for Pliny the Elder. Forget the rain, beer drinkers line-up for signature brew in Santa Rosa 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z In fact, the Roman natural philosopher ,Pliny the Elder, regarded the sacred oak as the “tree which first produced food for mortal man.” Is Reintroducing Acorns into the Human Diet a Nutty Idea? 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Wine fraud was a problem in Pliny the Elder's time and it continues to be one now: some estimates say that over 5% of wine consigned and sold at auction is fake. How easy is it to commit wine fraud? 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z “On average, however, the data is compatible with the possibility that the skull was Pliny’s,” he said. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Back when Russian River first brewed Pliny the Younger in 2005, it was unique. Pliny the Younger is here: What you need to know about craft beer's most famous brew 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z “Every day I have about 10 calls and people are always asking: do you have Pliny?’” he said. Forget the rain, beer drinkers line-up for signature brew in Santa Rosa 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z However the original letters by Pliny didn’t survive into modern times and so the text is only known from transcriptions dating to Medieval times. On Which Day in 79 A.D Did Mt. Vesusvius Erupt? 2014-03-18T20:10:55Z He relies heavily on the wisdom of ancient philosophers, such as Pliny the Elder, melded with the contemporary and practical silviculture practised by the landed gentry. In retrospect: Sylva 2014-03-13T17:20:24.852Z Mr. Cionci’s team was buoyed when examination of isotopes in the tooth enamel in the jawbone revealed that the owner could have grown up in Northern Italy, Pliny’s birthplace. Here Lies the Skull of Pliny the Elder, Maybe 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Caspar Henderson confirms Pliny's insight: observing nature, no statement about her seems incredible. Summer books 2013-07-11T15:50:23.720Z A lawyer and an author in Ancient Rome, Pliny the Younger witnessed the eruption of Mt. Forget the rain, beer drinkers line-up for signature brew in Santa Rosa 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Take the terra sigillata from the Greek island of Lemnos, which Pliny wrote about in the first century. Books: ‘Craving Earth’ Looks at Pica, the Urge to Eat Unusual Substances 2013-07-08T21:47:56Z This was, Pliny opined, a wonderful example of “Nature surpassing herself”. How the sharksucker got its suction disc 2013-02-04T15:45:05.517Z Pliny sailed off with warships to his death. How Pompeii Perished 2012-11-27T14:45:10.340Z Pliny also describes the fragility of memory, arguing that it can be lost, in whole or in part, due to illness, injury, and even panic. Borges and Memory: Encounters with the Human Brain [Excerpt] 2012-11-05T19:48:13.463Z In 2001, Russian River brewed its first batch of Pliny the Elder, then two years later it released its first batch of Pliny the Younger. Forget the rain, beer drinkers line-up for signature brew in Santa Rosa 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The younger Pliny gives in one of his letters a pathetic account of the execution of Cornelia, a vestal virgin, by the order of Domitian. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z The remora removed, Pliny goes on to say, Caligula was free to return home, but the little fish proved ominous, because the Emperor was soon met by the murderous blades of his own men. How the sharksucker got its suction disc 2013-02-04T15:45:05.517Z He has himself made the "morion" of the ancients, dispensing the prescription of Dioscorides and Pliny. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Given their historical significance, Pliny’s stories are of undeniable value. Borges and Memory: Encounters with the Human Brain [Excerpt] 2012-11-05T19:48:13.463Z Of the three Anticyras that in Phocis was the most famed for its hellebore, which, being there used combined with “sesamoides,” was, according to Pliny, taken with more safety than elsewhere. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Pliny refused to apply the epithet great to Cæsar, on account of the torrents of human blood he had shed. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Upon returning to Rome from Gaul in 41 AD, Pliny says, Caligula’s ship stopped dead, while the rest of his fleet breezed past unfettered. How the sharksucker got its suction disc 2013-02-04T15:45:05.517Z Or shall, perhaps, our science edify itself with the works of Pliny who cites midwives as authorities and himself stands on their point of view? Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z To a large extent this is due to the fact that many of Pliny’s descriptions are based on word-of-mouth information, inevitably altered in the telling. Borges and Memory: Encounters with the Human Brain [Excerpt] 2012-11-05T19:48:13.463Z The helioscopium, according to Pliny, was variously employed in medicine; thus the juice of the leaves with salt served for the removal of warts, whence the term herba verrucaria applied to the plant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z The essential and characteristic feature of conscience wholly unaccounted for by the association of ideas, 66 Astrology, belief in, rapidly gaining ground in the time of the elder Pliny, i. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Cloux In the afternoon heat, it was a long drive to Pliny’s Villa, outside Rome. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Pliny agrees in the length of time, but says the number of workmen employed was over three hundred thousand! From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Again: I do not refer to Joyce, Pliny, Luria, Nietzsche, and James so as to question the originality of Borges’s story. Borges and Memory: Encounters with the Human Brain [Excerpt] 2012-11-05T19:48:13.463Z According to Pliny the stone was so called because when thrown into the water it turned the sun’s light falling upon it into a reflection like that of blood. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Neglected or denied by Utilitarian writers, 89, note Pliny, the elder, on the probable happiness of the lower animals, i. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Pliny’s natural history is taxed largely for characteristic contributions: the letters of his nephew, as well as of Seneca and Cicero, for epistolary style, as well as for philosophy, religious views, and the like. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The torrent ran in a few hours to the sea, and formed that shallow or lagoon called by Pliny Subitum Vadum, which prevented the ships approaching the shores.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Pliny repeats the story and says that the Egyptians called this ox Apis, and that it had two kinds of temples, the entrance to one being most pleasant, to the other frightful. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z Hebrides are mentioned by Ptolemy under the name of Ἔβουδαι and by Pliny under that of Hebudes, the modern spelling having, it is said, originated in a misprint. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Symmachus was thought to rival Pliny in his letters; and, at the same time, Claudian, the last and not the least of Latin poets, succeeded Lucan in those historical epics so popular at Rome. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Next but one to this letter comes one of those charming descriptions which are, par excellence, Pliny’s chefs d’œuvre, minutely detailing the features and attractions of his villas. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z Pliny the Elder describes pigmies, 17; upon Greek art, 28. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Well Pliny might say, with great truth, the refinements of the Druids were such, that one would be tempted to believe that those in the east had largely borrowed from them. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z The words in italics might be used were Pliny writing to-day. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Yet neither Pliny, nor Livy, nor Cicero, when expressly enumerating all the classes of augurs, ever alludes to them. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The Romans, even as late as Pliny’s time, had no correct knowledge of the North Sea and Baltic, and whatever they did know seems to have been derived second-hand from the Carthaginians. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The younger Pliny, too, in his character of magistrate, was extremely perplexed with this same obstinacy. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Pliny shows that the punishment of the cross among the Romans was as old as Tarquinus Priscus; how much older it is perhaps difficult to say. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z Pliny says, in his time, “Even now in British waters, vessels of vine-twigs sewn round with leather are used.” The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z The *Statue called "The Genius of the Vatican," supposed to be a copy from a Cupid of Praxiteles which existed in the Portico of Octavia in the time of Pliny. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Pliny mentions the existence, at an earlier period, of two connected wooden theatres, which swung round on hinges and formed an amphitheatre. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z All this seemed innocent enough; but Pliny was not satisfied. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z There was Seneca, living not far from these times, and then the Elder and the Younger Pliny, Tacitus, Plutarch, Galen, Epictetus, Marcus Antoninus—some of the noblest men of the world. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z The Stars Pliny says that Hipparchus “ventured to count the stars, a work arduous even for the Deity.” Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies 2012-03-27T02:00:18Z The original group is described by Pliny, who says that the name of the sculptor was lost even in his time. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Pliny rarely gives an account of any wild animal without accompanying it by statistics about its appearances in the arena. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The remains of Roman literature have nothing so interesting for us as these two letters of Pliny and Trajan of the year 103. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The name is used in this sense by Pliny. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The eagle, according to Pliny, was the first and chief military ensign. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z There is now no doubt that the Laocoon is the group described by Pliny. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Our most important document is the famous letter of the younger Pliny. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Pliny describes them as inhabiting the salubrious mountainous regions of India, their stature about twenty-seven inches, and engaged in eternal war with their enemies, the geese. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z The remains of the ancient varieties of color, also, as noticed by Pliny, Solinus, and Columella, may still be discovered in the modern Merino. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z The mist lifted a little from the lake after dinner, and we saw the two islands said by Pliny to have floated, in his time. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z The listless demeanour of the audience on such occasions seems, from the description of the younger Pliny, to have been, in general, not over-encouraging. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Pliny mentions this belief as general in his time. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z There was no possibility of giving help to the doomed city, and Pliny gave orders to steer off the coast. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Pliny's letters show that this official inspection of municipal building operations by honest and capable men was terribly needed. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Vitruvius fixes the usual standard of man at six Roman feet: the giant Gabbarus mentioned by Pliny did not exceed nine feet. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Pliny describes the colossus as 110, Dion Cassius as 100 feet high. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Neither the writings of Cicero and Seneca, nor even those of Pliny and Plutarch, can be regarded as fair samples of the belief of the educated. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z The elder Pliny tells us that in his day painting was at the point of death, while Petronius declares roundly that it was absolutely dead. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Trajan's famous letter to Pliny, he tears to shreds; Christians are not to be hunted down—that is, they are innocent; but they are to be punished—that is, they are guilty. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Pliny informs us that, in his days, the root of the Halicacabum, supposed to be a species of hyoscyamus, was chewed by soothsayers. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z With regard to these temples, Pliny narrates a fact which reminds one of the story of the Madonna of Sta. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Several centuries later, Pliny, the greatest naturalist of an empire that was washed by many tidal seas, directed his attention to this statement. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z Pliny and Petronius meant something else, and the key to their despondency is produced by the discovery that many of these Pompeian pictures are replicas. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Trees," says Pliny, "were temples of divinities, and in the old way the simple country folk to this day dedicate any remarkable tree to a god. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Pliny maintains that there exist persons whose bodies are endowed with medicinal properties; but he admits, at the same time, that imagination may produce these salutary emanations. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Four famous statues of Apollo are mentioned by Pliny as existing at Rome in his time, but this is not one of them. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z That locusts were eaten in the East is plain from Pliny, who in xi. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z It nearly happened, if Pliny's letter is not exaggerated. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z Pliny had evidently slid down the banisters; for he was already embarked on the broader rail of the flight below. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z According to Pliny, it had hollow fangs, which distilled the venom in the same manner as the tail of the scorpion. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z On this hill Janus is believed to have founded a city, which is mentioned by Pliny under the name of Antinopolis. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z Pliny says eighty-four remedies were made of it. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Already Pliny, looking from Misenum, saw the mountain topped by that vast and awful cloud shaped like a pine tree, out 200 of which ashes were raining down on the three cities. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z A hundred years later Pliny adds "that the ancient glory of Tyre survived now only in her fish and her purples." The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) 2012-03-01T03:00:28.903Z Pliny admits the spontaneous creation of rats, mice, frogs, and other small tribes of animals. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The glistening "rain of wool" of Pliny, or the mimic snow-squall of Gilbert White, I have witnessed many times, only in less degree, over the October rowen-fields. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Box formed an important feature of the garden of Pliny's favorite villa in Tuscany, which he described in his letter to Apollinaris. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Absurdities in Natural History at which a child would now laugh are gravely advanced, and often supported by quotations from Pliny and other classical authors. The Curiosities of Heraldry 2012-02-23T03:00:41.067Z Because some of the buttercups grow where frogs abound, Pliny bestowed the Latin name Ranunculus, meaning "little frog." The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Pliny and Martial mention instances of enormous fortunes amassed by those who carried on this hateful calling. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z It is either an indisputable fact, tested by individual observation, or else is accepted as a matter of course, much as Pliny of old accepted the similar natural history "discoveries" of his time. Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things 2012-02-24T03:00:23.760Z Some of these were letters expressing the name of the owner of all this extravagance; or the initials of various fair Roman dames, a very gallant pleasantry of young Pliny. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Plato, Aristotle, Pliny, and the rest of the ancients appear as vanquished knights compelled to do honor to my Lady Tar. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z According to Pliny, its inhabitants made their living by climbing the pyramids for the amusement of strangers, like the Bedouin of Gizeh to-day. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z Pliny, the great Roman naturalist, who perished in that awful eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in A.D. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z Pliny thought he had explained it when he called it an earthquake in the air. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z The glory of the front yard was the old-fashioned early red "Piny," cultivated since the days of Pliny. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z From the days of Dioscorides and Pliny to the present a venomous quality has been ascribed to "the fluid emitted from the orifice in the fangs of the arancid�." New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z According to Pliny, the emperor Tiberius was supplied with them daily, both in summer and winter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The labyrinth," remarks Pliny, "is still existing in Egypt, though it is said to have been erected more than 3,600 years. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z We were both fairly wearied, for the weather was drowsy and hot, and one had little stomach for the Magnificus Professor, the more particularly when he discoursed concerning the natural philosophy of Pliny. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Pliny did not disdain to counsel putting Southernwood under the pillow to make one dream of a lover. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Mr. Alford appends to the above-cited passage the following note: "After a careful search in Pliny, Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, and Sir Thomas Browne's Vulgar Errors, I can find no mention of this strange remedy." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z From Pliny we learn that the ancients took the ground seed medicinally with bread, water or wine, and that it was accounted the best of condiments as a remedy for squeamishness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z They consist of blocks of granite and dazzling white limestone, which explains the supposed Parian marble in Pliny, the remains of walls and the capitals of pillars. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z "It may go to the dust-hole and Pliny with it, to rot in company." The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Pliny named eighteen sovereign remedies made from Thyme. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z —Is there any foundation for Pliny's account of the Indian ants, which were, according to Herodotus, "not so large as a dog, but bigger than a fox?" Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z Pliny was one of the most violent opponents of luxury. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z Pliny tells us that the Sabæans were the most famous of the Arabians, owing to their frankincense, and their land reached from sea to sea. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z Pliny mentions it among the lost cities of Latium, but the name clung to the district, the fertility of which remained famous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z These spider cure-alls are however simply a proof that the recipes were taken from dose-books of Pliny and various Roman physicians, with whom spider bites were more common and more painful than in England. Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth 2012-03-06T03:00:22.850Z Pliny says, "They were the only sort of men who lived without money and without women." The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z See Pliny, N. N., XXXIII, 1, 4, 13, and other places. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z The case, recited by Mr. Pew, reminds me of Pliny’s account of persons who came to life, on the funeral pile. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Pliny mentions the action of a sphere of rock-crystal and of a glass globe filled with water in bringing light to a focus. Heroes of Science: Physicists 2012-01-17T03:00:17Z How happily the later Romans employed this form in prose and verse is sufficiently proved by the letters of Cicero and Pliny, and the metrical Epistles of Horace. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z We have but a fragment of the Essenian religion,—but one end of their creed,—mere scraps furnished us by Philo, Josephus, and Pliny. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z This evidence is complete so far as to show that it was not Trajan’s answer to Pliny which made the Christian religion illicit, but that it was already of itself a capital crime. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z Some, I fear too largely, as Pliny, who affirmeth that bricks will swim therein. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z Pliny has so accurately recorded the stages by which a permanent glass was developed that it may be assumed that he had good reason for claiming for Syria the discovery of glass. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z Pliny mentions that though a very little man, he placed a colossal statue of himself in a temple of the Muses34. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It happened during the life of Seneca and the elder Pliny, who must have experienced its immediate effects, or received the earliest intelligence of the prodigy. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Ovid, Pliny, and other Roman writers speak of an ink of this kind, which, however, was nothing more than fresh milk. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z This, we should suppose, was no subject for joking, if we may believe the statement of Pliny, xxxiii. Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) 2012-01-17T03:00:17.977Z The younger Pliny, who perhaps of all Romans approaches nearest to our ideal of a cultured gentleman, speaks approvingly of them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z It is worth while however to quote the following passage on panthers from Pliny's Natural History, 1. The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition 2012-01-04T03:00:37.750Z Neither Pliny, Tacitus, nor Josephus, who detail the events very minutely, not only of those times, but of that very country, says a word about such a wonder-exciting occurrence. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z Incense, mineral waters, narcotic herbs, and decoctions of Strychnos or Halicacabum, were, according to Pliny, employed to produce the peculiar sleep. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z It is certain that the κῆτος of Aristotle, and cetus of Pliny, was one of the genus Cetacea, without gills, but with blow-holes communicating with the lungs. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-30T03:00:24.060Z France.—Pliny states that glass was made in Gaul, and there is reason to believe that it was made in many parts of the country and on a considerable scale. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z It is not at all astonishing that Pliny, in writing Trajan about his mode of treating Christians, had to tell him who they were, and describe the way in which they conducted themselves. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z Even Seneca and the elder Pliny, who so particularly and minutely chronicle the events of those times, are as silent as the grave relative to this greatest event in the history of the world. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z The former have, from time immemorial, generally used a wand, the so-called divining rod, which, according to Pliny, was already known to the ancient Etruscans as a means for the discovery of hidden springs. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z As for the stories about Greek and Roman beasts, Pliny, who tells them, is a most respectable author. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z If there really was an important manufacture of glass in Ceylon at this early time, that island perhaps furnished the Indian glass of Pliny. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The genius and learning of Tacitus and Pliny made it unsafe for them to remain in Rome, and both avoided danger by seeking obscurity. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z It is very remarkable that Pliny speaks of a darkness attending C�sar's death, but omits to mention such a scene as attending the crucifixion of Christ. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z The younger Pliny, who tells the same story in his admirable letter to Sura on the subject of magic, adds that the genius appeared a second time to the great proconsul, but remained silent. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z But during the lifetime of Pliny himself, a dog’s devotion in the heart of Rome had touched even the Roman citizens, ashamed though they generally were of showing their feelings. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z The rocks are probably of quartz, i.e. rock crystal, a correspondence with Pliny’s statement respecting Indian glass which seems deserving of attention. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z What would excite ridicule, or appear false and improbable to intelligent minds of our own times, would appear equally so to such minds as Pliny and Tacitus at their ages of the world. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z Pliny observes that so far as he could discover, Osthanes who accompanied Xerxes in the war against the Hellenes, was the first who had written on the doctrine of the Magians. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Thus the younger Pliny tells us one which he had frequently heard related. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z The dogs that Pliny writes about lived in all parts of the Roman Empire, and were as faithful and devoted to their masters as our dogs are to us. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z In ancient Italy, how much the cultivation of corn degenerated, how unprofitable it became to the master, when is fell under the management of slaves, is remarked both by Pliny and Columella. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations 2011-12-05T03:00:41.403Z Como was the home of Pliny, and it is said to have been a very fashionable resort at the time of the Cæsars. From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. 2011-12-03T03:00:10.397Z If we set Pliny aside, who asserts "that the kind of Magism established by Zoroaster was many years older than that taught by Moses," Hermippus of Smyrna puts Zoroaster 5000 years before the Trojan war. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z The stories told us by Pliny of the lives of Greek painters are mostly of a trivial and untrustworthy character. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Pliny himself has told several, and his old translator’s words are so strange, that, as far as possible, we will tell the tale as he tells it. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z At the period Pliny refers to, and for a long time previously, there can be no pretence that any of Jesus' apostles accompanied traders to Hindostan, for every one of them were employed nearer home. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z Pliny even relates that in a certain district of Asia Minor they were trained to hawk for game like the noble Falcons. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Pliny has already told us that these princes obeyed the rules of the Magians, and we also find that they invoked Mithra as the Achæmenids had done, and "saluted the sun." The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Mr Oldfield’s conjectural restoration, published in Archaeologia for 1895, though it has many rivals, surpasses them all in the lightness of the effect, and in close correspondence to the description by Pliny. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z For the quotation from Pliny referred to, see Note 14 below, on bitumen. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Pliny informs us that during the siege of Modena by Marc Antony, pigeons were employed by Brutus to keep up a correspondence with the besieged. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z A similar instance of apparent reasoning is recorded of the same bird by Pliny, but with the substitution of walnuts for oysters. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z According to Pliny, Aristotle ascribed to him the same antiquity, and, as we learn from Diogenes Laertius, maintained that the Magians were older than the Egyptians. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Virgil and Pliny speak highly of the little triangular nuts, and the people of their times set considerable value upon beech-nuts as an article of food. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Pliny describes it as from near the temple of Ammon in Egypt. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z In ancient times these animals fetched very large sums, sums which in our day would be considered very large for a horse, a stallion mentioned by Pliny realising a sum exceeding £3000. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Pliny has observed that the Cormorant sometimes perches on trees; and the truth of this remark has been confirmed by many subsequent writers. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Pliny also mentions the precious stones, of which Zoroaster had extolled the brilliance; the herbs, used by the Magians; and enumerates a number of remedies, which they applied. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z Pliny also assures us that at the siege of Chios, the besieged inhabitants lived for some time entirely on these nuts. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z The statement from Pliny mentioned in this paragraph is from XXXIII., De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z In the vast farrago of crudities which the elder Pliny's ambition of encyclopædic attainment and his ready credulity have gathered together, we meet some judicious observations. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Pliny disbelieved it, and, though the assertion may have been resuscitated from time to time as a poetic fiction, it has found no place in works on natural history. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z If Zoroaster, as Pliny and Plutarch think, lived only on milk and cheese, and passed thirty years in the wilderness, these are merely traits taken from the lives of the Brahman ascetics. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z We are inclined to think, however, that both Virgil and Pliny are in error when they tell us that the beech was propagated by being grafted on the chestnut. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z So far as can be identified with any assurance, Pliny adds but few distinct minerals to those enumerated by Theophrastus and Dioscorides. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The absorption here referred to is not that of the soil, but of the roots, which, Pliny supposed, drank up the water to feed the growth of the trees. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Pliny's description of the Bustard is very brief. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Shelley reads and finishes Pliny’s Letters, and begins the Panegyric of Trajan. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:08.903Z Pliny enumerates eight varieties, but Columella appears to place more value upon the timber, especially the sprouts, for stakes, than he does on the nuts. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Pliny mentions a magician of this name who accompanied Xerxes' army. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The lemon is, I think, readily recognizable, by Pliny's description, as known to the ancients, but it does not satisfactorily appear that they were acquainted with the orange. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z The following summer he traveled, chiefly on horseback, and in company with the Rev. Pliny Fisk, from Charleston home. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Here are no nights during the solstice when the sun passes the sign of Cancer; and on the other hand, in the winter there are no days, as Pliny asserts. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Strabo says that in the mountains of Spain the inhabitants ground their acorns into meal, and Pliny affirms that in his time acorns were brought to the table with the dessert, in Spain. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Pliny is our authority that the Romans could tell to within one scripulum how much gold was in any given alloy, and how much silver or copper. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Is it not probable that the secret of rendering them harmless—which was known to Pliny, though since forgotten in Italy—is possessed by the rustic Muscovites? Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z In idolatrous times holly was planted, according to Pliny, in the neighbourhood of dwelling-houses, to keep away spirits and all manner of enchantments. The South Isles of Aran 2011-10-26T02:00:28.363Z Pliny is a great authority with him, and Galen is often cited. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-10-19T02:00:23.307Z According to Herodotus, the Persians venerated fire as a divinity, and Pliny explains that the magic of Persia might apparently have been learned from the practices of the Britons. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z This purported use for determining values of ore is of about Pliny's average accuracy. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Hortensius and Cicero.—Pliny's curious Account of one of remarkable Size. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z Confidence is not even to be placed in ancient asserted measurements, as where Pliny gives to one Gabbaras, an Arabian, the stature of 9 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z Pliny, the naturalist, certainly deserves our praise for his wonderful and comprehensive industry in all branches of natural history. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z It was like the flight from Vesuvius of which Pliny the Younger tells: You could hear the shrieks of women, the crying of children and the shouts of men. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z Be this as it may, by Pliny's time the vinegar was generally accepted, and has been ceaselessly debated ever since. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Pliny describes some of the most remarkable planes. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z The classics, “as low as Tacitus, Pliny the Younger and Juvenal,” had been long familiar. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z But a more extended knowledge of the subject, would explain what Pliny has recorded as a marvel of the art. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z The use of the mandrake plant as an anæsthetic is spoken of as far back as Pliny, the Roman historian. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Pliny was not ignorant of this method of washing gold. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Pliny tells the story of its having been brought across the Ionian Sea, to shade the tomb of Diomedes, in the island of the hero. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z According to Pliny, the only authority on this point, the period of the voyage was that of the greatest prosperity of Carthage, which may be taken as somewhere between 570 and 480 B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z It is told by a famous Roman citizen called Pliny, who was born near Lake Como in the reign of the Emperor Nero. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z A Roman writer, generally known as Pliny the Elder; is equally celebrated as a historian and a naturalist. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Of the Latin writers, Pliny, as I have already said, has described a few methods of working. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z That groves in ancient times were considered as temples we learn from Pliny. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z Even though this sea-route was known, the author of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, published after the time of Pliny, recites the old itinerary around the coast of the Arabian Gulf. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The principal classical authorities are Theophrastus and the elder Pliny. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z The application of Pliny to literary pursuits was uninterrupted. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Dioscorides and Pliny mention substances which were evidently copper sulphides, but no description occurs prior to Agricola that permits a hazard as to different species. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Pliny says such is its influence that snakes will not rest in its shadow, shunning it at a distance. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z He died in 956, and was known, from the comprehensiveness of his survey, as the Pliny of the East. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Pliny wrote that of them in the year 100 Anno Domini!” Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z We are told that in winter Pliny was careful to provide him with a warm glove of peculiar make, that his fingers might not be too much benumbed to hold the stylus. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Both Dioscorides and Pliny describe a distillation apparatus used to recover quicksilver. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z That various trees were consecrated, each to a particular divinity, we know from numerous passages so familiar to every classical reader, that I need scarcely quote on this subject Virgil and Pliny. Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship 2011-09-12T02:00:27.807Z At a subsequent period Pliny, in his Natural History, collected all that was known in his day regarding the occurrence and uses of minerals and rocks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z It is said that Clement in this only followed Herodotus, Pliny, Ovid, and Tacitus, who mention the phoenix. Frauds and Follies of the Fathers A Review of the Worth of their Testimony to the Four Gospels 2011-08-30T02:00:32.823Z Pliny has left a collection of letters in ten books. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z If so, however, it must be assumed that the corruption occurred during the 20 years between Livy and Pliny. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Pliny tells us that in his time it was known as Anxa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The elder Pliny reiterates the commonly accepted opinion as to the efficacy of wind underground. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z When my epistles come to be weighed with Pliny's, however superior to them in Roman delicate irony, judicious reflections, etc., his gilt post will bribe over the judges to him. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z After filling the high offices of quæstor, consul and augur, Pliny was appointed by Trajan governor of Bithynia. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Therefore he is not in agreement with Vitruvius and Pliny on the use of the term. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Gallus was a man of great learning, an excellent Greek scholar, and in his later years devoted himself to the study of astronomy, on which subject he is quoted as an authority by Pliny. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z The monks copied him; they copied Pliny, Dioscorides, Plato, and Aristotle; they copied Catullus and Martial. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z I believe certainly that our Pliny did not touch upon a thousandth part of the animals and birds that exist in this region; nor could an artist such as Policletus, 125 succeed in painting them. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z Pliny tells us that these birds constructed their floating nests during the seven days immediately preceding the winter solstice, and laid their eggs in the seven days succeeding. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z Pliny also describes the making of red lead from white. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Pliny further informs us that Taricheae was at the south end of the Sea of Galilee. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z At a later period we find in Pliny the younger a mild royalist, a friend of quiet, even at some cost. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z Yet if these my frivolities are not acceptable to your virtue, I will reflect on what Pliny said to M�cenas, "Formerly my witticisms used to entertain you." The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z Pliny perished in the great eruption of Mount Vesuvius which destroyed the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The author does not add any material mineralogical information to the quotations from Theophrastus and Pliny given above. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Their insect origin appears to have been entirely unsuspected until within comparatively recent times, though Pliny, indeed, makes the observation that a kind of gnat is produced in certain excrescences on oak leaves. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Read also the younger Pliny's description of the eruption of Vesuvius. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z He was fond of airing his classical knowledge, though it was a mere smattering; for he thought that Pliny was the contemporary of Mec�nas, 10 and that the sculptor Policletus was a painter. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z The only bird of modern times which at all resembles the halcyon described by Pliny and Aristotle, is the Alcedo Ispida, a species of martin called by the French, martin-pêcheur. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z It can be melted, according to Pliny, in the fire, and fused for the preparation of glass. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Most of them had their names from men who brought them into Italy and there cultivated them, and, "by so small a matter," says Pliny, "have rendered their names immortal." Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z It may be found in Church and Brodribb's translation of selections from Pliny's Letters. School Reading by Grades Sixth Year 2011-07-31T02:00:11.420Z This machine was described by Pliny, writing about A. D. 60, who says that it was used on the plains of Rh�tia. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Pliny is responsible for the statement that both in Greece and Rome the poor had mutual insurance societies which provided for their sick and infirm members. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z Pliny goes into considerable detail as to varieties of litharge, for further notes upon which see p. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Pliny describes many diseases for which they were used. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z In Rome the “evil eye” was so well recognized that Pliny states that special laws were enacted against injury to crops by incantation, excantation or fascination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z It was more than an ancient observation that came down to Pliny's time for record, that water would rise to a level with its source. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Pliny, 240 years later, lived in times more favourable for the cultivation of science; but with all his advantages made little improvement on the work of the great master. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z It is not, however, until the beginning of the Christian era that we get definite literary information, especially with regard to litharge, in Dioscorides and Pliny. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z According to Pliny, it was executed by three Rhodians, and was placed in the palace of Titus. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Under this tuition John learnt to draw and paint, and mastered the properties of colours from Pliny. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z Pliny refers to the curled chips raised by the plane, and Ansonius refers to mills driven by the waters of the Moselle for sawing marble into slabs. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Pliny, as usual, instead of throwing light on the matter, obscured it. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z The statements in Pliny are a hopeless confusion of molybdaena and galena. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Most persons will remember a story told by "Pliny the younger" of the apparition of "an old" man appearing to Athenadorous, a Greek scholar. Second Edition of A Discovery Concerning Ghosts With a Rap at the "Spirit-Rappers" 2011-06-26T02:00:08.797Z Pliny speaks of the whiteness of its linen, and the productiveness of its vines is mentioned. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The practice, however, so emphatically denounced centuries ago by Pliny, as "the monstrous invention of paint and dyes applied to the woods or veneers, to imitate other woods," has yet its practitioners and admirers. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z Aristotle does not mention it, and consequently Pliny and Ælian were deprived of the pleasure they would have felt in handing down to posterity, without investigation or correction, a statement so surprising. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z Agricola, in using it in this sense, was no doubt following his interpretation of its use by Pliny. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Both Galen and Pliny complain that physicians used ready-made medicines, instead of original prescriptions carefully prepared by or under the supervision of the physicians themselves. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Perhaps the oldest records of falconry in Europe are supplied by the writings of Pliny, Aristotle and Martial. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z In Roman times according to Pliny, landscape was used for mural decoration. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z Scarcely do we learn incidentally in Pliny or Cicero that one of them has a country-house yonder, or that there is a lovely Naples. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z There is nothing in medi�val literature which carries us further with lead metallurgy than the knowledge displayed by Pliny, until we arrive at Agricola's period. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The early ships of Britain are described by Cæsar and Pliny as being merely larger coracles—clumsy frames of rough timber, ribbed with hurdles and lined with hides. The Wye and Its Associations a picturesque ramble 2011-06-12T02:00:06.820Z The attractive power of amber is mentioned by Theophrastus and Pliny, and from them by later naturalists. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z They, indeed, came from the elder Pliny, to whose puerile wonders and hasty compilation we owe the foundation of our natural history. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z The first-century Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder wrote that parrotfish taken from the Black Sea were transported to the Neopolitan coast, where they were introduced into the sea. Ancient Roman Ship Had On-board Fish Tank 2011-05-31T20:15:00.277Z Apart from the above, Pliny says nothing very direct on refining copper. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The Greek historians and poets frequently alluded to atmospheric phenomena, and their example was followed by the Romans, of whom Pliny has been quoted. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z Pliny says there were two statues in Rhodes, one of iron and copper, and the other, a Hercules, entirely of iron. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z The mighty tome of Pliny, that awful repository of all the errors of antiquity, and other writers of equal name, detail prodigies and legends, and so do the Fathers. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Here among the flowers lay the serpent--as, according to Pliny, sweet-smelling forests harbour venomous snakes. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Pliny is confused between the mineral cadmia and furnace calamine, and none of his statements are very direct on the subject of brass making. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Pliny relates the story of Epimenides the epic poet, who, when tending his sheep one hot day, wearied and oppressed with slumber, retreated into a cave, where he fell asleep. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z Pliny saw this going on in Egypt, and it puzzled him very much, that a cloth dyed in one colour should come out coloured diversely. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z Who would not have rejoiced to transcribe Pliny or St. Austen? Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Mr. Edgeworth sends his sons in succession to visit his friend Mr. Strutt, and quotes from Pliny, saying: 'The claim I now make to your favour is your having already done me favours. The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z Pliny is somewhat confused over the minium—or the text is corrupt, for this should be the genuine minium of Roman times. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Next in his defiant doggrel he calls on “Pliny and Trajan”—heathen learning and heathen power or goodness—to “come before Joseph of Arimathæa” and “listen patient.” William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z The two Plinys and their friends were brilliant examples of the Romans of the better sort. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z The water of the Liparis in Cilicia, according to Polyclitus, as quoted by Pliny, was of such an unctuous quality that it was used in place of oil. The River-Names of Europe 2011-04-20T02:00:18.983Z Lucretius, Cicero, Pliny, and Diogenes Laertius are our chief authorities for his doctrines.—Bibliography: The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Especially as Pliny further on states that with regard to misy, "In purifying gold they mix it with this substance." De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Pliny, speaking of the celebrated Hermotimus, of Clazomenæ, remarks that his soul separated itself from the body, and wandered in various parts of the earth, relating events occurring in distant places. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Though an aristocrat, Pliny the younger was a charitable, good-natured man, who loved the quiet of a home where he could combine study with fishing, hunting, and the companionship of congenial friends. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z According to Pliny, the Niger was an arm of the Nile. The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II 2011-04-05T02:00:10.813Z Pliny alludes to the use of a similar fluid by the Egyptians. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z There can be no doubt from the explanations of Pliny and Dioscorides that misy was an oxidized pyrite, mostly iron sulphate. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The same observation applies to many of the books most frequently referred to in the course of this work, as Pliny’s Natural History, Aulus Gellius, and Cicero. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Pliny does not tell how many fish he caught under these conditions. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z He left behind him twenty-one books of orations, which are said to have been much studied by the younger Pliny, and were the models he first imitated291. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Varro and Pliny the elder, among the Romans, attempted works of an encyclopedic nature, the latter in his well-known Historia Naturalis, or Natural History. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z There can be little doubt that Pliny uses the term for lead alloys, but it had come into general use for tin before Agricola's time. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z For instance, the infancy of Zoroaster could not fail to be miraculous; Zoroaster fell to laughing as soon as he was born, at least according to Pliny and Solinus. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z Fifteen centuries before the villa was constructed, Pliny described this stream in one of his most interesting letters. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z The court of this mansion was ornamented by six lotus trees, which Pliny saw in full luxuriance in his youth, but which were afterwards burned in the conflagration in the time of Nero. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z According to Pliny, the term electron was applied to native gold containing at least 20 per cent of silver. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura 2011-04-14T02:00:56.200Z Agricola chose the word molybdaena in the sense here used from his interpretation of Pliny. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The Norway spruce seems to have been the “Picea” of Pliny, but is evidently often confused by the Latin writers with their “Abies,” the Abies pectinata of modern botanists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Alcohol is obtained from fermented figs in some southern countries; and a kind of wine, still made from the ripe fruit, was known to the ancients, and mentioned by Pliny under the name of sycites. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Pliny has also alluded to one of the conditions of a treaty which Porsenna, the ally of Tarquin, granted to the Roman people122. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The account of the inhabited world is long and curious, and though frequently based on that of Ptolemy, or the writings of Pliny, contains many new facts from travellers of his own and preceding times. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z Pliny's remark, "that portion of it which first matures is whitest", agrees well enough with this hypothesis. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Cicero and Pliny state that the family came from Tusculum, where some were still living in the middle of the 1st century B.C. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z The Roman author Pliny the Elder poured praise upon it as "its utility surpasses that of any other plant". In search of a national vegetable 2011-03-09T11:23:05Z Pliny mentions having seen this piece of workmanship, which remained entire till the building itself was consumed, in the reign of the Emperor Claudius. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z The emperor's reply follows: "Trajan to Pliny: "You have done perfectly right, my dear Pliny, in the inquiry which you have made concerning Christians. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z There can be little doubt that Pliny assumed it to be the lodestone, and Agricola also. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z In the physical sciences thought had been frequently cramped to fit the old theories inherited from Galen and Pliny and Aristotle and Hippocrates. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z Pliny accordingly forbade them in Bithynia, and the renegade Christians to whom he owed his information gave them up. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Pliny mentions a like instance, which shews that the ancients had observed this ph�nomenon; for he says, that at Pompeii, the day being fair, Marcus Herennius was struck dead by lightning. Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos 2011-03-02T03:00:27.050Z History has preserved to us a very important letter asking instructions from the emperor, by the younger Pliny, who was governor of Pontus, and the emperor's reply thereto. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z Whether the latter had any independent knowledge on this point in glass-making or was merely quoting Pliny—which seems probable—we do not know. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The original accounts we have of them are confined to three authors—Philo, Pliny the Elder, and Josephus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z If, then, this afternoon meal did not include it, Pliny’s remark that their food was ordinary and innocent is unintelligible. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z We had scarcely dismounted and glanced at the figures, when my father cried out, 'It is the Laocoön of which Pliny speaks!' A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Pliny inquired of the emperor as to the policy to be pursued in dealing with the Christians within his jurisdiction. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z The works of Pliny were first printed at Venice in 1469. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Solinus, who was known as “Pliny’s Ape,” echoed the words of his master about a century after that writer’s death, which took place in A.D. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Pliny regarded their meal as identical in character with the common meals of hetairiae, i.e. the trade-gilds or secret societies, which were then, as now, often inimical to the government. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z The epistles of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Plutarch, Seneca and the Younger Pliny claim mention at this point. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z The inquiry of the younger Pliny, governor of Pontus, addressed to Trajan, emperor of Rome, and the imperial reply thereto, are of such interest as to be worthy of reproduction in full. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z The frequent quotations in our footnotes are sufficient indication of the character of Pliny's work. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z In Pliny they are a perennial colony settled on the western shore of the Dead Sea. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z Pliny, a famous ancient writer, born early in the first century after Christ, speaks of the Nigris of Ethiopia. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z The typical craftsman in this field, Philemon Holland, translated Livy, Pliny, Suetonius, Plutarch’s Morals and Camden’s Britannia, and his fount of English is of the amplest and purest. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z "Pliny to Trajan, Emperor: "Health.—It is my usual custom, Sir, to refer all things, of which I harbor any doubts, to you. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z This same error of assuming squeezed amalgam to be pure gold occurs in Pliny; see previous footnote. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Think of what the fine villa of Pliny would have been, with its boxwood bowers and floating dishes, under the press of such crusaders! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Pliny, an ancient writer, declared it to have been thirty feet deep. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It was probably finished by the end of the century; for Pliny the Elder states that its cypress-wood doors had been in existence for 400 years up to his time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Pliny and Ptolemy mention the Serbs, and we know that for one hundred years at least previous to 625 a.d. they were at war with the Empire. Serbia: A Sketch 2011-02-11T03:00:25.893Z Pliny indicates that copper ores were obtained from veins by underground mining. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z On my last wet-day, I spoke of the elder Pliny, and now the younger Pliny shall tell us something of one or two of his country-places. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z It is the ancient Illiberis, frequently mentioned by Pliny, Livy, and, latterly, Gibbon. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z It is said by Pliny, in a bold phrase, that the Laced�monians "invented slavery." White Slavery in the Barbary States 2011-02-10T03:00:50.200Z This substance the Carthaginians, according to Pliny, used in preparing their wax, and hence the name Punic seems to be derived. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z This passage from Pliny is given in the footnote on p. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z I leave Pliny seated upon a bench in a marble alcove of his Tuscan garden. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z When Pliny was Governor of Pontus, he wrote his celebrated letter to the Emperor Trajan, to ask advice how he was to deal with the Christians, whom he found there in great numbers. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z Pliny would have made an excellent reporter, as he felt the need of detail in giving a picture of any event. Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z Emery has been worked from a very remote period in the Isle of Naxos, one of the Cyclades, whence the stone was called naxium by Pliny and other Roman writers. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z From these, when pounded, the most excellent transparent glass was made in India, with which no other could be compared, as Pliny relates. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Pliny was a government-official, and was rich: whether these facts had any bearing on each other I know no more than I should know if he had lived in our times. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Lardner protests against Pliny's application of the words "contumacy and inflexible obstinacy" to the Christians of Pontus. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z He wrote commentaries on Varro and the elder Pliny. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z |
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