The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)
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- First published
- 77 CE (original work)
- Pages
- 482Digital editionReference edition
- Reading time
- About 10 hours20 half-hour sittings
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- Not set
A little about the book
In this volume Pliny records ancient claims about remedies and the materials used to make them. Ingredients, reported cures and stories about their origins show how differently ancient writers grouped knowledge now divided among several fields.
Read it as evidence of what an ancient compiler collected. The most surprising entries are often the most revealing about how a claim could gain authority by being passed along.
Is it for you?
You’ll enjoy it if you like
- ancient medicine
- history of natural history
- encyclopaedias to browse
Things You May Not Know About The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 5 (of 6)
- This is volume five in the six-volume English edition.
- Its medical passages preserve reports from earlier authorities as well as Pliny’s own commentary.
About this edition
This English edition comes from Project Gutenberg. The Freebookia PDF has 482 pages. The EPUB adjusts to your reading settings.
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