| 单词 | Pliny the Elder |
| 例句 | 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Such is the popularity of Pliny the Elder. Our 6 favorite IPAs for hoppy, hazy sips 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 “So, in that moment Pliny the Elder changed his plan.” 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 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 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 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 Drawing on a report by Pliny the Elder, he conjures a scene at the Colosseum: The History of Blood 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 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 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 “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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 One of the most significant pronouncements is that of Pliny the Elder, from whom we quoted the passage about the worship of Fortune. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii by an eruption of Vesuvius; Pliny the Elder, writer of the Studiosus, loses his life. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Pliny the Younger was about such a man as Richard Le Gallienne; Pliny the Elder was like Thomas A. Edison. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists "Great domains," said Pliny the Elder, "are the ruin of Italy." History Of Ancient Civilization Pliny the Elder.—The account that you give me, nephew, of your behaviour amidst the tenors and perils that accompanied the first eruption of Vesuvius does not please me much. Dialogues of the Dead It is against the background thus resulting from ancient philosophy's treatment of ancient religion that we must view such phenomena as Polybius, Cicero, and Pliny the Elder, if we wish to understand their full significance. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity Some people think that they identify this lost town with the island mentioned by Pliny the Elder, under the name of Cissa, near Istria. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 At twenty-two, Pliny the Elder was a Captain in the Roman Army doing service in Germany. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists These numerals, as Professor 8 Rand correctly saw, refer to the works of Pliny the Elder enumerated in the text. A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York Pliny the Elder.—I died in doing my duty. Dialogues of the Dead The first is a passage of Pliny the Elder, which asserts that Ptolemy Philadelphus only carried the canal to the bitter lakes. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 You are forgetting, then, the passage where Pliny the Elder speaks of the library of Carthage and the treasures which were accumulated there? Atlantida Then, too, Pliny was under his uncle's charge only for a few years, for Pliny the Elder lost his life in the famous eruption of Vesuvius. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 He passes out of the pages of history in the writings of Pliny the Elder as the man who "invented the practice of clipping shrubbery." The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Pliny the Elder.—You paint it very truly. Dialogues of the Dead His family was honourable, wealthy, and able, and his uncle, Pliny the Elder, was the encyclopaedic student and author of the famous "Natural History." The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters The most learned and attentive observer of nature and Roman society, Pliny the Elder, attests that under Augustus Gallic agriculture and industry made vast progress. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 This trial, as old as the days of Pliny the Elder, was gone out of fashion, the author of De Lamiis assures us, in his day, everywhere but in Westphalia. Among My Books First Series Pliny the Elder, who himself visited the shores of the Baltic in the first century after Christ, is the first to mention plainly the name of Scandinavia. Norwegian Life Pliny the Younger was the adopted son of Pliny the Elder. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. ETHICS, SCIENCE, AND PHILOSOPHY.—Under this head may be grouped the names of Seneca, Pliny the Elder, Marcus Aurelius, and Epictetus. General History for Colleges and High Schools This man was Plinius Secundus, who, to distinguish him from his nephew, a famous writer in another field, is usually spoken of as Pliny the Elder. A History of Science — Volume 1 |
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