Pliny the younger was governor of pontusbithynia from 1111 ad. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Pliny book 2, letter 20 english translation pliny book 2, letter 20 latin text pliny book 9, letter 6 english translation pliny book 9, letter 6 latin text pliny book 9, letter 19 english translation pliny book 9, letter 19 latin text slaves. Plinys second letter to tacitus tells how pliny himself barely escaped. Pliny s letters provide a fascinating insight into roman life in the period 97 to 112 ad.
He was only eight years old when his father, caecilius, died, and he was adopted by his. Plinys letters provide a fascinating insight into roman life in the period 97 to 112 ad. Plinys dates are pinned to the eruption of mount vesuvius in ad 79 and a statement of his nephew that he died in his 56th year, which would put his birth in ad 23 or 24 pliny was the son of an equestrian gaius plinius celer and his wife marcella. At times this felt like cheating, but it also enhanced my appreciation of plinys occasionally pithy sententiae. Pay a penny, and ill tell you a golden tale nay, two or three, for one brings to my mind another. He was the grandson of senator and landowner gaius caecilius, revered his uncle, pliny the elder who at this time was extremely famous around the roman empire, and provided sketches of how his uncle worked on. Natural history pliny project gutenberg selfpublishing. Choose from 500 different sets of pliny letter translation flashcards on quizlet. Gaius or caius plinius caecilius secundus, born gaius or caius plinius caecilius 6163 in como ca. Pliny has a gift for description and a versatile prose style, and more than any of his contemporaries he gives an unprejudiced picture of rome as he knew it. The letters of pliny the younger gaius plinius caecilius secundus are presented here in the english translation by j.
The letters of the younger pliny penguin classics ashen sky. Vesuvius in ad 79the disaster that buried pompeii, herculaneum, and other sites. He was at misenum at the time of the eruption of vesuvius in 79 described in two famous letters when the elder pliny died. Word order and interlinear translation for eduqas latin.
The history of the wars in germany, in twenty books, in which he gave an. The historians request this post belongs to a serialized translation and commentary of pliny the youngers letters 6. Letters of pliny, by gaius plinius caecilius secundus. What happens in each of the 24 books of the iliad by homer.
My dear tacitus, you ask me to write you something about the death of my uncle so that the account you transmit. He was only eight years old when his father, caecilius, died, and he was adopted by his uncle, the elder pliny, author of the natural history. Pliny the elder died in ad 79 in stabiae while attempting the rescue of a friend and his family by ship from the eruption of mount vesuvius, which had already destroyed the cities of pompeii and herculaneum. Learn pliny translation regulus with free interactive flashcards. A short book that consists of a few pages of history of the eruption of vesuvius in ad 79, minibiographies of pliny the elder, pliny the younger, and the historian tacitus. Pliny himself defines his scope as the natural world, or life.
I know that immortal fame awaits him if his death is recorded by you. Book 10 of pliny the youngers letters consist of his correspondence with the emperor trajan when he was governor. Pliny the younger simple english wikipedia, the free. The loeb classical library edition of pliny the younger is in two volumes. Some more information about his career is provided by an inscription at comum. A wonderfully rich, witty, insightful, and wideranging portrait of the two plinys and their world. Dear acilius, 1 a terrible thing, worthy of more than just a letter, has been suffered at the hands of his slaves by larcius macedo, a man of praetorian rank, a haughty and savage master who remembered too little or rather too well that his own father had been a slave. The french indus visited for his own sake, not courted trie exactly renders this. Plinys uncle, pliny the elder, helped raise and educate him and they were both witnesses to the eruption of vesuvius on august 24th, 79 ad. Note on the text the text of books i to ix of the letters rests on three manuscript traditions, the 9book, the 10book and the 8book, known as. It is true that he perished in a catastrophe which. The two letters written by pliny the younger describing the. He was the grandson of senator and landowner gaius caecilius, revered his uncle, pliny the elder who at this time was extremely famous around the roman empire.
It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover all ancient knowledge. When pliny the elder perished at stabiae during the eruption of vesuvius in 79 ad, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his thirtysevenvolume natural history, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. The works subject area is thus not limited to what is today understood by natural history. These posts are part of a book project that intends to understand the scholarly and popular reception of those letters. An anxious night this post belongs to a serialized translation and commentary of pliny the youngers letters 6. Mynors 1963, in the bibliotheca augustana pliny was born in comum in 61 or 62 a. Letters penguin classics the penguin classics new penguin book of english folk songs the care and keeping of you. Gaius plinius secundus, author of the natural history, or to his nephew and adoptive son 2 pliny the younger gaius plinius caecilius secundus, a writer of letters. The letter which, in compliance with your request, i wrote to you concerning the death of my uncle has raised, it seems, your curiosity to know what terrors and dangers attended me while i continued at misenum.
With an english translation by william melmoth, rev. I2 it is especially profitable, and advised by many, to translate either from. Their ultimate source is a fragmentary inscription cil v 1 3442 found in a field in. Read complete letters by pliny the younger available from rakuten kobo. Investigating the authenticity of pliny the youngers letter to trajan concerning the christians. Fresh doubts on authenticity of plinys letter about the. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. It would be a long story, and of no importance, were i to recount too particularly by what accident i who am not at all fond of society supped lately with a person, who in his own opinion lives in splendour combined with economy. First letter, latin original letters, book 6, letter 16, in wikisource. The two letters written by pliny the younger describing. Apr 12, 20 learn english with rebecca engvid recommended for you 6. Firth 1900 a few words and phrases have been modified.
Letters of pliny the younger to the historian tacitus. Learn pliny letter translation with free interactive flashcards. As you are an exemplary instance of tender regard to your family in general, and to your late excellent brother in particular, whose warm attachment you returned with an equal fondness. Sherwinwhite, in his commentary, takes diaeta as a kind of apartment, perhaps what we might now call a suite, something more than just a. Choose from 157 different sets of pliny translation regulus flashcards on quizlet. The notes are merely such as are absolutely necessary to make the english text. The second document below includes the full text and interlinear glossing of plinys letter 6. The following thirtysix deal with the heavens book 2. Sep 01, 2001 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. You have constantly urged me to collect and publish the more highly finished of the letters that i may have written.
He was only eight years old when his father caecilius died, and he was adopted by his uncle, the elder pliny, author of the natural history. The younger pliny was born in 61 or 62 ce, the son of lucius caecilius of comum como and the elder plinys sister. Upon this our spanish f came upon us, not such as we have when the sky is cloudy. To calvisius pay a penny, and ill tell you a golden tale. He was educated at home and then in rome under quintilian. Originally intended as letters for historian tacitus, to describe and perhaps glorify the. Roman senator and writer, gaius plinius caecilius secundus otherwise known as pliny the younger, who was seventeen years old at the time of the eruption, had witnessed the vesuvius eruption of 79 ad from the home of his uncle in misenum and managed to write a very accurate account some 25 years later. Jan 16, 2006 2 he was bathing in his villa at formiae. Afterwards, when i was preparing to go into the bath, twenty days from the first attack of my. How to use this booklet there are many ways to translate the literature set.
The body book for younger girls, revised edition the skunk ala notable childrens books. This begins a series of posts that will translate and comment upon pliny the youngers two letters 6. Then follows a translation of the two letters that pliny the younger, an eyewitness to the eruption, wrote to his friend tacitus 25 years later. In the letter he discusses bad manners at roman dinner parties.
In the second of these letters, pliny the elder is described as a man who read. The text of books i to ix of the letters rests on three manuscript traditions, the 9book, the 10book and the 8book, known as. Plinys first letter to tacitus describes how his uncle sailed across the bay to save some people. Pliny the younger wrote letters about his life in ancient. Other such advocati to whom pliny writes with greek references are. William melmoth in harvard classics series introductory note. Pliny, the elder, gaius plinius secundus ad 2379, a roman of equestrian rank of transpadane gaul n. Greekenglish lexicon, 9th edn with revised supplement, oxford 1996 ltur lexicon. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. Pliny the younger was born in novum comum como, northern italy around 61 ad, the son of lucius caecilius cilo, born there, and his wife plinia marcella, a sister of pliny the elder.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. We have a whole set of exchanges of his letters with the emperor trajan on a variety of administrative political matters. The real interest of this book is not the translation so much as the woodcut illustrations by barry moser. The letters of the younger pliny penguin classics pdf. Second letter, latin original letters, book 6, letter 20, in wikisource. Providing a series of fascinating views of imperial rome, the letters of the younger pliny also offer one of the fullest selfportraits to survive from classical times.
Letters and panegyricus, 2 vols, cambridge, ma the same translation scarcia. Verania, thc wife of that piso who was adopted by galba, lay extremely ill. Complete letters ebook by pliny the younger rakuten kobo. Pliny the younger pliny, the younger the online books page. One attacks his throat, another strikes his face, another his chest and belly, and even disgusting to say batters his private parts.
Lxv to tacitus your request that i would send you an account of my uncles death, in order to transmit a more exact relation of it to posterity, deserves my acknowledgments. Pliny the younger pliny, the younger an online book about this author is available, as is a wikipedia article pliny, the younger. First think of the impudence of the man who came to a sick woman, to whose husband he was an enemy, to her herself by whom she was hated. Cornelius paifus is plinys meaning here is uncertain, ference to book ii.
Learn english with rebecca engvid recommended for you 6. Trajans reply to the letter by pliny from 2 days ago. The project gutenberg ebook of letters of pliny, by pliny this ebook is for the use of. He pursued a career partly military in germany, partly administrative in gaul and spain under the emperor vespasian, and became prefect of. The comments at the bottom of the letters have been added from various sources. Pliny the elder was the praefect in charge of the naval fleet at misenum in 79 ce, and he lived there in a villa with his nephew, pliny the younger, and his mother. For a translation into idiomatic english, see the slightly modified online version of firths 19oo edition, which is available on the attalus site. Gaius plinius caecilius secundus, usually known as pliny the younger, was born at como in 62 a. It is a translation of two letters that pliny the younger wrote to taticus describing the eruption of mt. The latin portion of this book is a scant 20 pages, but the commentary over 200 pages.
Neither the younger nor the elder pliny mention the names. When mount vesuvius erupted, pliny the elder saw the beginning of the eruption across the bay of naples and he ordered his men to make a boat ready. Pliny the younger refers to tacituss reliance upon his uncles book, the history of the german wars. Pliny to cornelius tacitus thank you for asking me to send you a description of my uncles death so that you can leave an accurate account of it for posterity1. An application of a profilebased method for authorship verification. Choose from 500 different sets of pliny flashcards on quizlet.
Naturalis historia is an early encyclopedia published circa ad 7779 by pliny the elder it is one of the largest single works to have survived from the roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover all ancient knowledge. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. See key to translations for an explanation of the format. The second book is a typical medley of twenty pieces addressed to a range of elite.