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| Title: | A literary interchange - Gellius, Noctes Atticae III, 15 |
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| Source document: | Graeco-Latina Brunensia. 2011, vol. 16, iss. 2, pp. [143]-149 |
| Extent: | [143]-149 |
| ISSN: | 1803-7402 (print); 2336-4424 (online) |
| Type: | Article (English) |
| Stable URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/118193 |
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Abstract(s):
Quaeritur cur et quomodo capitulum XV libri III Noctium Atticarum Auli Gelli conscriptum sit. Quo cum locis similibus Titi Livii (XXII, VII, 13), Valerii Maximi (IX, XII, 2–3), Plinii maioris (VII, 180) collato apparet hanc fuisse Gellio mentem ut tacite Plinium carperet quod genere scribendi nimis arido locum quemdam tractavisset.
The paper proposes an analysis of Aulus Gellius' NA 3.15, with a special regard to its composition and literary aims. The relationship of NA 3.15.4 with Liv. 22.7.13, Val. Max. 9.12.2–3, and NH 7.180 is investigated, revealing the chapter to exemplify the tension often observed between Gellius and Pliny the Elder.
The paper proposes an analysis of Aulus Gellius' NA 3.15, with a special regard to its composition and literary aims. The relationship of NA 3.15.4 with Liv. 22.7.13, Val. Max. 9.12.2–3, and NH 7.180 is investigated, revealing the chapter to exemplify the tension often observed between Gellius and Pliny the Elder.
Keywords:
Aulus Gellius; Attic Nights; Pliny the Elder
