Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius - The Boy Who Watched the End of the World

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Pedar W. Foss, Pedar W. (Professor of Classical Studies At Foss
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2022
• EAN: 9780415705462
• ISBN: 978-0-415-70546-2
• No. of pages: 334
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Classical texts, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Ancient, classical and medieval texts