Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius

ISBN-13: 9780415705462 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 334 str.

Pedar Foss

Opis

Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius is a forensic examination of two of the most famous letters from the ancient Mediterranean world, Pliny the Younger’s Epistulae 6.16 and 6.20, which offer a contemporary account of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Recenzje

"I have profited much from reading this book. It is well-researched, and its main strength lies in providing a welcome synopsis of the various disciplines which deal with Pliny and the eruption of Vesuvius. The book will certainly become a standard work for those studying and teaching the Vesuvius letters and, hopefully, encourage more interdisciplinary projects on the Epistles in general." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"Si tratta di una magistrale interpretazione, o piuttosto messa a punto, delle vicende congiunte dei due Plinii, che comprende anche la nuova traduzione ed esegesi delle due fondamentali lettere del Giovane, a Tacito, ove narra delle vicende della morte del celebre zio, e dell’eruzione del Vesuvio...Pedar Foss ci ha mirabilmente ricordato come dalla Storia si dipanino infinite storie, tutte degne di attenzione, mai noiose, se scientificamente approcciate, ponendosi le giuste domande e possedendo i mezzi intellettuali per rispondere ad esse." - Paolo L. Bernardini, La Provincia

[It is a masterly interpretation, or rather, fine-tuning, of the joint events of the two Plinii, which also includes the new translation and exegesis of the two fundamental letters of the Younger, to Tacitus, where he narrates the events of the death of his famous uncle, and of the eruption of Vesuvius...Pedar Foss admirably reminded us how from history endless stories unfold, all worthy of attention, never boring, if scientifically approached, asking the right questions, and possessing the intellectual means to answer them.]

Spis treści

Prologue: Lightning, Water, and Fire  1. Two Plinys  2. Two Letters  3. Two Days  4. Epistulae 6.16, The Elder’s Story  5. Epistulae 6.20, The Younger’s Story  Epilogue

O autorze

Pedar W. Foss is Professor of Classical Studies at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana (USA). He is co-editor, with John J. Dobbins, of The World of Pompeii (Routledge 2007) and is an archaeologist who works on the ancient Bay of Naples and landscape archaeology. He has done fieldwork in Greece, Turkey, Tunisia, and Italy, and received his Ph.D. in Classical Art and Archaeology from the University of Michigan.