小普林尼的书信 (PBC)The Letters of the Younger Pliny

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 320 pages

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint:Penguin Classics

ISBN:9780140441277

Published:4 Dec 2003

Classifications:Ancient Rome, Latin, Biography: historical, political & military, Literary essays, European history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:238g

Dimensions:198 x 132 x 19 (mm)

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书籍简介

小普林尼的书信提供了一系列关于罗马帝国的精彩观点，同时也提供了古典时代完整的自画像之一。普利尼的信件生动而又非常个人化，涉及的话题范围惊人，从对他叔叔在吞噬庞贝城的火山爆发中死亡的感人叙述，到对早期教徒的观察--"一种绝望的崇拜，达到了罕见的程度"，从对罗马日常生活的描述，包括丑闻和法庭案件，到普利尼在乡村的生活。

Providing a series of fascinating views of Imperial Rome, The Letters of the Younger Pliny also offer one of the fullest self-portraits to survive from classical times. Pliny's lively and very personal letters address an astonishing range of topics, from a deeply moving account of his uncle's death in the eruption that engulfed Pompeii, to observations on the early Christians—"a desperate sort of cult carried to extravagant lengths"—from descriptions of everyday life in Rome, with its scandals and court cases, to Pliny's life in the country.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

作者简介

普林尼（约公元61-113年）是一位杰出的律师和行政人员，也是一位多产的写信人。

贝蒂-拉迪斯是牛津大学圣希尔达学院的荣誉院士和古典协会的副主席。她是一位知名的拉丁文和希腊文翻译家。

Pliny (c. AD 61-113), a prominent lawyer and administrator, was also a prolific letter-writer.

Betty Radice was an honorary fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford and vice-president of the Classical Association. She was a renowned translator of both Latin and Greek.