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Pliny (2) the Younger (c.ad 61–c.112) Reference library
A. N. Sherwin-White and Simon R. F. Price
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
...as patron, of his senatorial activities, and of his landed wealth. Pliny published nine books of literary letters between 99 (or 104) and 109 at irregular intervals, singly or in groups of three. Some letters comment elegantly on social, domestic, judicial, and political events, others offer friends advice, others again are references for jobs or requests for support for his own candidates in senatorial elections, while the tone is varied by the inclusion of short courtesy notes and set-piece topographical descriptions. Each letter is carefully composed ( Ep. ...
Pliny the Younger (c.ad 61–c.112) Reference library
A. N. Sherwin-White and Simon R. F. Price
The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization (2 ed.)
...as patron, of his senatorial activities, and of his landed wealth. Pliny published nine books of literary letters between 99 (or 104) and 109 at irregular intervals, singly or in groups of three. Some letters comment elegantly on social, domestic, judicial, and political events, others offer friends advice, others again are references for jobs or requests for support for his own candidates in senatorial elections, while the tone is varied by the inclusion of short courtesy notes and set-piece topographical descriptions. Each letter is carefully composed ( Ep. ...
Pliny the Younger Quick reference
Simon R. F. Price
Who's Who in the Classical World
...and liberal, and of the landed wealth that underpinned the system. Pliny published nine books of literary letters between 99 (or 104) and 109 at irregular intervals, singly or in groups of three. Some letters comment elegantly on social, domestic, judicial, and political events, others offer friends advice, others again are references for jobs or requests for support for his own candidates in senatorial elections, while the tone is varied by the inclusion of short courtesy notes and set-piece topographical descriptions. Each letter is carefully composed ( Ep. ...
dedications Reference library
Michael S. Silk and Mario Citroni
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
...request of the dedicatee, a request that the author, despite the difficulties of the task, could not refuse because of the duty of friendship and courtesy he owes the dedicatee (e.g. Rhet. Her. ; Cic. De or. , Orat. , Top. ). This commonplace is found already in the dedications of Hellenistic works, and although it is mostly purely conventional, it gives to the work the appearance of being an exchange of courtesies between author and dedicatee, written entirely for the dedicatee to meet his or her needs. It also functions as justification for any...
Pliny the Younger Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
...and liberal, and of the landed wealth that underpinned the system. Pliny published nine books of literary letters between 99 and 109 at irregular intervals, singly or in groups of three. Some letters comment elegantly on social, domestic, judicial, and political events, others offer friends advice, others again are references for jobs or requests for support for his own candidates in senatorial elections, while the tone is varied by the inclusion of short courtesy notes and set‐piece topographical descriptions. Each letter is carefully composed, with...
letters and letter writing Reference library
Oliver Nicholson, Nathaniel Miller, Sergio La Porta, Raffaella Cribiore, Michael Williams, and Sebastian Brock
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
...for instance of food (e.g. Ausonius , 1; 14; 19 Green = 18; 15; 25 Peiper); sometimes the letter is spoken of as itself the present. Letters might be written on papyrus (preferred by Jerome ) or parchment (preferred by Augustine ). They promoted patronage , articulated courtesies, and sustained friendships . They were copied as exemplars of the art of the letter. The authors might follow the example of Pliny the Younger and with an affectation of artlessness assemble their letters into collections, where the texts could represent the character of the...
