Classics and Ancient History Research Seminar on Barbarians in the Works of Pliny and his “Ape” Solinus: From a cultural to a geographical concept of 'barbarus’ presented by Professor Kai Brodersen, Erfurt University.
Event Details
- Date:
- Friday, 15 May 2015
- Time:
- 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
- Room:
- Room E303
- UQ Location:
- Forgan Smith Building (St Lucia)
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Serena Bagley
- Phone:
- 52795
- Email:
- s.bagley@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
Event Description
- Full Description:
- In his massive encyclopedia of natural history, Pliny the Elder in the 1st Century makes use of the traditional term *barbarus* repeatedly. Two centuries later, Solinus converted Pliny’s work into a one-volume book entitled *A Collection of Wonderful Things*, which is so close to Pliny that he was dubbed ‘Pliny’s
ape’. But was he? Looking at his use of the term *barbarus* shows how his concepts differ from Pliny.
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- Directions:
- St Lucia Campus | Gatton campus.
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