Pliny/Trajan and the Poetics of Empire

2015-04-01articleClassical Philology74 citationsgreen

Classical Antiquity Studies Classical Studies and Philology Classical Philosophy and Thought

Abstract

A series of recent articles have challenged literal and realist readings of the tenth book of Pliny the Younger's Letters. This article builds on these to suggest some poetic effects of this addition to the collection.

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