CHAP. CHAP. THE SEA-NETTLE: SEVEN REMEDIES. (8. )—THE GREATEST LENGTH OF LIFE. CHAP. 90.—FOUR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HEMEROCALLES. CHAP. AROMATITIS. OYSTERS HAVE THE SENSE OF HEARING. CHAP. 15. )—APARINE, OMPHIALOCARPOS, OR PHILANTHROPOS: CHAP. THE FALERNIAN WINES: SIX )—NEARER SPAIN, ITS COAST ALONG THE GALLIC OCEAN. ANTHEACITIS. CHAP. BEFORE GOLD AND SILVER WERE COINED. 79. XYLOCINNAMUM. DIES. Topics included are the mathematics and metrology of the universe; world geography and ethnography; human anthropology and physiology; zoology; botany, agriculture, and horticulture; medicine; minerals, fine arts, and gemstones. CHAP. 109.—SMYRNION: THIRTY-TWO REMEDIES. TAGO; THE THRYALLIS. CHAP. )—FOUR VARIETIES OF THE ELM. CHAP. ANIMALS WHICH HAVE THE )—INSTANCES OF EXTRAORDINARY STRENGTH. 97.—THE MYRRHIS, MYRZA, OR MYRIRHA: SEVEN CHAP. BOOK XVII. (14. (15. CHAP. This appears to have been a proverbial expression among the Romans; Cicero, Tusc. CHAP. (18. )—AN EXPLANATION OF GREEK TERMS RELATIVE TO WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. HAMMONIS CORNU. His nephew Pliny the Youngergives an indication how devoted his uncle was to reading and studying, which was like working to him. (9. )—ANIMALS WHICH LIVE ON POISONS. (72. 102.—THE AGLAOPHOTIS OR MARMARITIS. CHAP. SILIGO: ONE REMEDY. 6.—WHO FIRST PRACTISED AS A PHYSICIAN AT ROME, AND THE LAMIUM 3.—WHO INVENTED THE ART OF MAKING GARLANDS: CHAP. CHAP. THE PICRIS, WHICH BIRDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR NESTS. (23. 60.—PLANTS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR LEAVES. THE CALLIONYMUS: THREE REMEDIES. (7. 34.—THE BEETLE. CHAP. (15. THE SEA-SCOLOPENDRA: TWO THE CHRYSANTHEMUM: ONE REMEDY. 64.—SESAME: SEVEN REMEDIES. 83. text the words which most nearly resemble them, and which have )—THE CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. IT IS DOUBLE. 63. WINDS. (18. 81.—TWENTY REMEDIES DERIVED FROM SAFFRON. CHAP. CHAP. iv. ANIMALS WHICH HAVE Verum in his sunt quidem virtutis opera magna, sed maiora fortunae: M. Sergio, ut equidem arbitror, nemo quemquam hominum iure praetulerit, licet pronepos Catilina gratiam nomini deroget. (23. CHAP. )—DIFFERENCES OF THE MEMBERS OF MAN FROM CHAP. CHAP. (69. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. (49. CHAP. THE TABLES MADE OF THE WOOD THEREOF. )—FISHES WHICH CHANGE THEIR COLOUR. THE CHAP. )—GOATS AND THEIR PROPAGATION. )—ANIMALS IN A HALF-WILD STATE. (6. A.o., history of the olive-tree and the production of oil, mistaken ideas about the olive tree, uses of oil, Cato's instructions for olive growing, artificial oil, apples, pears, grafts, storage of fruit, figs, stories about figs, cherry-trees, myrtle. 35. (5)—THE REGION OF COLICA, THE NATIONS OF THE ACHÆI, AND OTHER NATIONS IN THE SAME PARTS. )—THE PINNA, AND THE PINNOTHERES. 53. 103.—PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY TO WHICH CERTAIN THE STARS. English reader may conceive the name Bibaculus to correspond to our THE CORACINUS: FOUR REMEDIES. )—THE FEET OF ANIMALS, FROM THOSE HAVING CHAP. CHANGED. 31.—THE CENTAURION LEPTON, OR LIBATION, KNOWN ALSO 109.—THE SEXUAL PARTS.—HERMAPHRODITES. 46.—MUSHROOMS: PECULIARITIES OF THEIR GROWTH. )—BODIES WHICH HAVE A THIRD NATURE, THAT OF THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE COMBINED-THE SEA-NETTLE. intrigues of the times and was especially noted for his follies and extravagance. 6. )—THE ROOTS, FLOWERS, AND LEAVES OF ALL THESE 83.—FORTY-ONE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE IRIS: TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SALIUNCA. (14. PLACES. RIVERS. )—HYDROMELI, OR MELICRATON. The natural history of Pliny by Pliny, the Elder; Bostock, John, 1773-1846; Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas), 1816-1878. 5.—THE QUANTITY OF GOLD POSSESSED BY THE ANCIENTS. 57. CHAP. TUFTS AND CRESTS. CHAP. )—TWO VARIETIES OF THE LINDEN-TREE. )—WHEN THE WAILD PLANTS WERE FIRST BROUGHT CHAP. CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE RESPECTIVE DISEASES. CHEESE; OF WHAT 50 To the end of each book of the Natural History is appended, in the 19.—THE DROPPINGS OF WATER FROM THE LEAVES. CORACINUS: ONE REMEDY. 108. CHAP. CHAP. )—HAMMONIACUM: TWENTY-FOUR REMEDIES. 98. SIDEROPŒCILOS. DEFECTS IN 17. CHAP. )—UNION IN THE SAME PERSON OF THREE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITIES WITH THE GREATEST PURITY. TWENTY-FIVE Pliny the Elder compiled one of the world's first encyclopedias. CHAP. )—THE FIRST ARTISTS WHO EXCELLED IN THE SCULPTURE (36. 37. PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. (4. SERIPHUM: THE COMBRETUM. NARCISSITIS. 27. 64.—HOW AN ESTIMATE IS FORMED OF THE AGE 77. )—THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WINDS OF INSECTS. )—CRETACEOUS EARTHS USED FOR SCOURING CLOTH. ADARCA OR CALAMOCHNOS: 80.—THE TRIXAGO, CHAMÆDRYS, CHAMÆDROPS, OR LYSIMACHIA. FOUR VARIETIES OF PINE-NUTS. 36.—REMEDIES FOR GOUT, AND FOR PAINS IN THE FEET. 27 "Cum præsertim sors fiat ex usura." 73.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE FLOWERS BEFORE MEN- 72.—REMEDIES FOR PHRENITIS, LETHARGY, AND CHAP. (1. CHAP. 58.—ARGENTARIA. CHAP. (15. CHAP. ANIMALS THEY ARE NOT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUTH: ANIMALS 68.—THE THROAT; THE GULLET; THE STOMACH. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. 59.—PLANTS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR STEMS: THE 60.—LIGUSTICUM, OR LOVAGE: FOUR REMEDIES. CHAP. CHAP. 95. CHAP. )—FOUR REMEDIES DERIVED FROM TREFOIL. 34. 67.—FOREIGN BIRDS: THE PHALERIDES, THE PHEASANT, CHAP. GAULS AND GREEKS. (10. EIGHT REMEDIES. PAINTING. )—THE LARGEST ANIMALS THAT ARE FOUND IN EACH OCEAN. 23.—A COUNTRY WHERE THE TREES NEVER LOSE THEIR 69. 60.—THE GLYCYSIDE, PÆONIA, OR PENTOROBOS: TWENTY TRUMPETS HEARD IN THE SKY. AFFECTIONS. 5.—A DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS USAGES. )—A SEDITION THAT AROSE AMONG THE ROMAN CHAP. BELUS. 23.—THEIR NATURE, SITUATION, AND SPECIES. 42.—METHODS OF ARRESTING HÆMORRHAGE AND OF LETTING BLOOD. 16. FOUR VARIETIES OF THE ASH. Using Cohens Seven Theses, it is easy to identify what could or could not potentially be a monster. SPARTOPOLIAS. A SEA-VOYAGE. 10.—REMEDIES FOR SPOTS UPON THE FACE. CHAP. CHAP. INFLICTED BY SERPENTS. PANGONUS. )—THE MAGNET: THREE REMEDIES. CHAP. THE FEET. i. THE SEA-PIG: TWO REMEDIES. (3. ONE REMEDY. CHAP. )—OF VENTS 33.—THE FLOWER OF JOVE. CHAP. 41.—THE TITHYMALOS PARALIOS, OR TITHYMALIS: FOUR (25. (18. LEONTIOS. CHAP. 8.—AT WHAT PERIOD FOREIGN PAINTINGS WERE FIRST Pliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic Natural History, in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of Roman knowledge. 77. CHAP. STŒBE, AND THE HIPPOPHAES. CHAP. 2; see also the notes of Poinsinet, i. 3. 11, remarks on these words, )—OF THE MOTIONS OF THE PLANETS AND CHAP. CHAP. DEFECTS FOUND AND FOR SCROFULA. 11. 32.—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE SPLEEN, FOR URINARY CALCULI, AND FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE BLADDER. CHAP. (2. 85. CHAP. EVACUATIONS.i. (11)—THE VARIOUS KINDS OF LEAVEN. THE CHONDRYLLA. ARE SENSIBLE OF FRIENDSHIP AND OTHER AFFECTIONS. REMEDIES. (23. 67.—CYCLAMINOS OR TUBER TERRÆ: TWELVE REMEDIES. CHAP. THE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CULTIVATED TREES. WHICH EXHAUST IT. CHAP. 43.—OTHER REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF TREES. )—ISTRIA, ITS PEOPLE AND LOCALITY. 94. HOEING, EMPLOYED FOR EACH DESCRIPTION OF GRAIN. 22.—THE NATURAL HISTORY OF TWENTY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANTS WHICH GROW IN GARDENS—THE PROPER METHODS TO BE FOLLOWED IN SOWING THEM RESPECTIVELY. CHAP. CHAP. )—IN WHAT COUNTRIES THE ELEPHANT IS FOUND; THE ANTIPATHY OF THE ELEPHANT AND THE DRAGON. THE ARIANIS. CORONOPUS, THE ANCHUSA, THE ANTHEMIS, THE PHYLLANTHES, OF INSANITY. 79.—HISTORICAL FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE DURABILITY Home » Articles » Person » Pliny the Elder » Pliny the Elder, Natural History, About Pictures Sources Countries Languages Categories Tags Thanks FAQ Donate Contact Articles Stubs. )—STONE OF NAXOS. )—REMARKABLE FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE CHAP. 90. PURPLES: NINE REMEDIES. 56.—REMARKS IN DISPARAGEMENT OF MEDICINAL COMPOSITIONS. CHAP. 90.—TREES WHICH ARE THE MOST SHORT-LIVED. )—LANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN TOTALLY (10. 20. 67. CHAP. THE MURÆNA: ONE BOOK XXV. 69.—THE ONOTHERAS OR ONEAR: THREE REMEDIES. CHAP. 49.—TREES IN WHICH THE FRUIT APPEARS BEFORE THE CHAP. Part 1. 107.—THE WONDERS OF FIRE AND WATER UNITED. )—THE BOUNDARIES AND GULFS OF EUROPE FIRST SET FORTH IN A GENERAL WAY. )—THE ARIGEMONIA: FOUR REMEDIES. )—THE ORIGIN OF THE MEDICAL ART. Book 3: Geography of western and southern Europe 13.—INDIAN TREES, THE NAMES OF WHICH ARE UNKNOWN. CHAP. CORSOÏDES. A.o., new skin diseases, leprosy, ancient medicine, Asclepiades. MEDICINAL EFFECTS OF CALCINED COPPER. THE SMARIS: THREE REMEDIES. CHAP. (53. 24.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM BIRDS FOR INJURIES IN- 60.—THE PROPER TIME FOR WINTER SOWING. 50. 113.—THE PLANT CALLED IMPIA: TWO REMEDIES. CHAP. EQUALLY ESTEEMED. CHAP. 85.—ANIMALS WHOSE ORIGIN IS STILL UNKNOWN. (41. CHAP. OPHICARDELON. CHAP. OR PYRAUSTA. 9. )—DISTRIBUTION OF AQUATIC ANIMALS INTO VARIOUS SPECIES. CHAP. CHAP. )—THE FIFTH REGION OF ITALY. CHAP. CHAP. Pliny's Natural History in Thirty-seven Books Hardcover – August 8, 2015 by Philemon Holland (Author), the Elder Pliny (Creator), Wernerian Club (Creator) & 0 more 3.2 out of 5 stars 19 ratings )—DIFFERENT KINDS OF SERPENTS. (50. )—THE HALCYONES: THE HALCYON DAYS THAT CHAP. 34.—HOW ARTIFICIAL SEA-WATER MAY BE MADE IN PLACES LEUCACANTHOS, THE CHALCEOS, THE CNECOS, THE POLYACAN- PLANTED BY THE FIRST SCIPIO AFRICANUS. CHAP. CHAP. )—CILICIA AND THE ADJOINING NATIONS. )—THE EARLY HISTORY OF TREES. 38.—THE MYRTLE USED AT ROME IN OVATIONS. (15. NEITHER. )—THE LOTUS OF ITALY: SIX REMEDIES. 56.—THE ERYTHIRODANXU: ELEVEN REMEDIES. (18. CHAP. CHAP. 41, employs "os perfricuisti" and Martial, xi. LEAVES. 51. 88. )—WHAT REGULATES THE DAYLIGHT ON THE CHAP. (44. AND FALL. )—ISLANDS OF THE ÆTHIOPIAN SEA. 22.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE OTHER SERPENTS. CIRCOS. 16.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE LIVER, AND FOR SPITTING OF WOOD. 22. CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THE RESPECTIVE DISEASES. — THE SEA-DRAGON. (14. CHAFF: TWO REMEDIES. (3. METALLIC SUBSTANCES, AND BRINGING THEM TO A STATE OF THE ŒNANTHE. (3. (8. CHAP. CHAP. )—HONEY THAT FLIES WILL NOT TOUCH. 8.—PLAITED CHAPLETS. )—OF THE RISING OF THE DOG-STAR. )—WHO INVENTED PRESERVES FOR MURENÆ. Why is ISBN important? ONE REMEDY. THEMSELVES BUT ARE NOT REPRODUCTIVE—ANIMALS WHICH 92. CHAP. TIRYSELINUM: ONE REMEDY. )—THE BALLOTES, MELAMPRASION, OR BLACK LEEK: Natural history by Pliny the Elder Download PDF EPUB FB2 NHBS supply wildlife survey equipment and books to naturalists, academics and ecological and conservation professionals. )—PERSONS WHO HAVE MADE BEES THEIR STUDY. CHAP. CHAP. )—WHO FIRST EXHIBITED THE HIPPOPOTAMUS AND THE CROCODILE AT ROME. 89.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM PLANTS. 13.—THE PLANT CALLED BELLIS: TWO REMEDIES. CHAP. 32.—THAT THE SAME KINDS ARE NOT EVERYWHERE 37.—REMEDIES FOR AFFECTIONS OF THE EYELIDS. CHAP. CATCHING FISH. NOTHING BUT LUNGS IN THE INTERIOR OF THE BODY. 36.—ARTEMISIA, PARTHENIS, BOTRYS, OR AMBROSIA: CHAP. ANANCITIS. 107.—THREE REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE CNECOS. HYDROLAPATHUM: TWO REMEDIES. 1. AND WHENCE. (4. (20. "Qui videri volebant ambitu alienissimi, pecuniam apud sanctum aliquem CHAP. CHAP. )—INDICATIONS OF THE SEX OF THE CHILD DURING THE PREGNANCY OF THE MOTHER. GONOÏDES: TWO REMEDIES. CHAP. OTHER KINDS OF (52. Before there was Google, there were encyclopedias. AMIANTHUS; TWO TETRA- AMPHIDANES OR CHRYSOCOLLA. )—AT WHAT AGE GENERATION CEASES. CHAP. 20.—BERYLS: EIGHT VARIETIES OF THEM. 5. BORROWED FROM ANIMALS. FROM CHILDREN. CONCERNING CHARIOT HORSES. CHAP. )—REMEDIES FOR MELANCHOLY, LETHARGY, AND THE SMILAX: THREE RE- )—OF THE REGULAR INFLUENCE OF THE DIFFERENT SEASONS. 67.—THE NECK; THE THROAT; THE DORSAL SPINE. FOR TOOTH-ACHE. )—TWENTY-TWO REMEDIES DERIVED FROM EGGS. We do not know much about his family, except … CHAP. CHAP. SIZE WERE FIRST MADE. CHAP. CHAP. EUMITHRES. 43 A. Gellius (vii. (41. 28.—TREES WHICH GROW FROM CUTTINGS; THE MODE OF OF HELLEBORE. CHAP. CHAP. 20.—WATERS WHICH PETRIFY, THEMSELVES, OR CAUSE OTHER CHAP. been employed by modern authors. CHAP. BERYLS. ADMINISTERED. CHAP. 9.1", "denarius"). 21.—WONDERFUL FEATS PERFORMED BY LIONS. )—PEARS: TWELVE OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. CHAP. 28. CHAP. 45.—THE BEST REMEDIES FOR THE DISEASES OF GRAIN. THERE ARE TWO LIVERS FOUND. AND THEIR WONDERFUL EFFECTS. WHAT JUICES ARE NATURALLY THE COLDEST OF ALL. COCHLIDES. FLOWERS FOR BEES. 12.—THE WILD RADISH, OR ARMORACIA: ONE REMEDY. )—THE BIRDS CALLED APODES, OR CYPSELI. 5.—GALL-NUTS: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES. THE MUREX: THIRTEEN Book 31: Water SINON: TWO CHAP. )—THE EXTREME SMALLNESS OF INSECTS. GARDEN PLANTS. CHAP. 32. CHAP. (8. (62. CHAP. (12.)—CROWS. CHAP. )—OR THE STARS WHICH ARE NAMED CASTOR 54.—THE ARISTOLOCHIA, CLEMATITIS, CRETICA, PLISTOTO- TESTS OF THEM AND THEIR RESPECTIVE VALUES. )—AT WHAT PERIOD GENEROUS WINES WERE FIRST CHAP. 49. )—THE TREES OF MOUNT ATLAS. GRAPE-FISH: ONE REMEDY. 38. Click anywhere in the WHERE THE SHORTEST. SHAKING, AND OF FLOATING ISLANDS. 4) refers to this work and gives an extract from it. SAURITIS. )—WHAT FLOWERS ARE USED BY THE BEES IN THEIR )—PRECEPTS THE MOST USEFUL IN LIFE. CHAP. CORALLOACHATES. 10.—WHEN SEA-FISH WERE FIRST EATEN BY THE PEOPLE OF ROME. (4. PLANTS WHICH REPRODUCE THEMSELVES. REMEDIES. (8. POLYPODION, PHAULIAS, HIPPOPHÆSTON. THE ARACHIDNA. CHAP. 69.—THE HEART; THE BLOOD; THE VITAL SPIRIT. 38.—THE COMPARATIVE DISTANCES OF PLACES ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 17.—SAFFRON: IN WHAT PLACES IT GROWS BEST. MOTION OF THE PLANETS. 96.—THE PSEUDOBUNION: FOUR REMEDIES. CHAP. SHREWDNESS. 37 "Dialectici." CHAP. 21.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM WOMAN'S MILK. 1. REMEDY. 22.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE SPITTLE OF FEMALES. OF THE SOIL. CHAP. CHAP. 69.—THE IDÆA HERBA, OR PLANT OF IDA: FOUR REMEDIES. 40.—REMEDIES FOR BURNS AND FOR ERYSIPELAS. MILTITES OR HEPATITES. A TREE AT MOUNTAIN CUNILA; SEVEN REMEDIES. CHAP. HAMMITIS. RION ERYTHRAÏCON: FOUR MEDICINAL PROPERTIES. 51.—THE FACE, THE FOREHEAD, AND THE EYE-BROWS. (99. 4. (78. CHAP. LIMONIATIS. (25. BOOK XXXVI. 36. NINE VARIETIES OF THEM: CADYTAS, 10. 4. of the original. CHAP. THOSE WHICH HAVE NONF. sinamur or muginamur; I should be disposed to adopt the former, as 11.—SIXTY-FOUR ISLANDS, AMONG WHICH ARE THE BALEARES. REMEDIES DERIVED FROM MINIUM. (12. 38.—PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO THE SERVILIAN TRIENS. )—WHETHER THERE BE ANTIPODES? 19.—DEADLY WATERS. 43. ANIMALS. The Natural History, which was dedicated to Titus in 77, was, according to the author's nephew, "a learned and comprehensive work as full of variety as nature itself". )—REMEDIES FOR POISONS, AND FOR NOXIOUS SPELLS. (10. CHAP. 52.—AT WHAT PERIOD SILVER CHARGERS OF ENORMOUS 106, no. CHAP. THE GLANIS: ONE REMEDY. 31. CHAP. OR MADON: THIRTY-ONE REMEDIES. 91.—DIVERSITIES IN THE FEEDING OF ANIMALS. ONE REMEDY. CHAP. (13. 50.—THE EARS. ANCE BEFORE THE STEM. 66.—THE WHITE THORN: TWO REMEDIES. 37.—NYMPHÆA, HERACLEON, RHOPALON, OR MADON; TWO REMEDIES ANTIPATHES. 29. 53.—DICTAMNON: EIGHT REMEDIES. HALCYONEUM : SEVEN REMEDIES. THE SEA. 1. THE HEMEROCALLES. 80.—THE ANTIRREHINUM, ANARRHlNON, OR LYCHNIS AGRIA: CHAP. BORE. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. FOURTEEN REMEDIES. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. WHAT IS THE PROPER SITUATION FOR THE VINE. CHAP. OATS: ONE REMEDY. FIRST INVENTED. For example, in his catalogue of people who have reached a venerable old age, he mentions one man from Bologna who died when he was 150 years old - at least, he had been a tax payer for 150 years. BOOK V. (11. THESE TABLES. ARTERIES OR VEINS. THE MOUTH. LETTUCE: FOUR REMEDIES. HYGREMPLASTRUM. SIMILAGO, OR FINE FLOUR. 22. 1. 18. (38. CERTAIN AQUATIC ANIMALS. CHAP. CHAP. 23. 47.—THE NAUTILUS, OR SAILING POLYPUS. )—SIX REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE ANTHYLLIUM OR ANTHYLLUM. CHAP. 22.—SESAME. )—WHERE THE BEST HONEY IS PRODUCED. 58.—THE RADICULT OR STRUTHION: THIRTEEN REMEDIES. (39. 7.—PROPERTIES OF THE HUMAN SPITTLE. 14.—THE PARSNIP: FIVE REMEDIES. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. “Natural History” was, ... Pliny the Elder described in ‘Natural Histories’ that a decoction of the root in water could be used to relieve stiffness in the joints, gout and related conditions. 24.—THE PSEUDOANCHUSA, ECHIS, OR DORIS: THREE REMEDIES. 65.—THE AMETHYST, THE TYRIAN, THE HYSGINIAN, AND THE CRIMSON TINTS. CHAP. (41. REMARKABLE CHAP. 13.—REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HUMAN EXCRETIONS. )—THE INSTINCTS OF BIRDS—THE CARDUELIS, 36.—LEAVES WHICH TURN ROUND EVERY YEAR. 39.—ARTISTS WHO HAVE PAINTED IN ENCAUSTICS OR WAX, (11. 15. (9. CHAP. VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS. )—NAMES OF MEN WHO HAVE EXCELLED IN THE ARTS, ASTROLOGY, GRAMMAR, AND MEDICINE. CHAP. CHAP. THE SARDA: ONE CHAP. 22.—OTHER WINES: SIXTY-FOUR REMEDIES. DENDRITIS. TWO REMEDIES. 1. THE DOLPHIN: NINE REMEDIES. (14. 27.—THE CAMELEOPARD; WHEN IT WAS FIRST SEEN AT ROME. )—THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF HARES. 31.—CHONDRIS OR PSEUDODICTAMNON: ONE REMEDY. 51.—THE VARIOUS METHODS OF BUILDING. CHAP. Pliny’s Natural History is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. CHAP. )—INSTANCES OF IMMENSE WEALTH. 70.—PEUCEDANUM: TWENTY-EIGHT REMEDIES. )—PLANTS USED BY NATIONS FOR THE ADORNMENT OF THE PERSON. 52.—THE PLANTS OF THE TROGLODYTIC SEA; THE HAIR OF (19. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. 34 "Cymbalum mundi" and "publicæ famæ tympanum.". )—THE NATURE OF THE LEAVES WHICH WITHER CHAP. 79.—THE WILD POPPY CALLED HERACLIUM, OR APHRON: FOUR REMEDIES. 13.—PARTICULARS CONNECTED WITH THE TRUFFLE. CHAP. CHAP. CHAP. 41 His real name was Tyrtamus, but in consequence of the beauty of his THE MELANION. )—NINE VARIETIES OF THE NUT. CHAP. )—NINETY-SIX ISLANDS OF THE GALLIC OCEAN. 6. )—REMEDIES FOR DISEASES OF THE HEAD. (5. PHŒNICITIS. 100.—THE ACORON OR AGRION: FOURTEEN REMEDIES. 18.—THE MOST CELEBRATED COLOSSAL STATUES IN THE THELYRRHIZOS. CHAP. HAVE ON THEM THE FRUIT OF THREE YEARS. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, —THE ANTIPATHIES AND SYMPATHIES WHICH EXIST (9. CHAP. ELEVEN REMEDIES. CHAP. EUROTIAS. CHAP. CHAP. BOOK XIII. ACCOUNT OF UNGUENTS. CHAP. CHAP. INVENTED. CHAP. THE OPIMIAN WINE. (13. RAPIDITY, AND WHICH MOST SLOWLY. (17. 3. CHAP. SIX REMEDIES DERIVED FROM IT. 9. CHAP. (68. )—WHEN ELEPHANTS WERE FIRST SEEN IN ITALY. GONON: ONE MEDICINAL PROPERTY. CHAP. (15. CHAP. (11. DERIVED FROM IT. (2. CHAP. (13. GROW IN THE GROUND. CHAP. CHAP. AND FIVE IN NUMBER. CHAP. HIERACITIS. 1.—THE NATURE OF FLAX—MARVELLOUS FACTS RELATIVE )—TREES OF THE ISLANDS OF THE PERSIAN SEA. CHAP. (2. CHAP. 15.—REMEDIES FOR PAINS IN THE STOMACH. PILLARS: WHEN THE ROSTRA WERE FIRST ERECTED. 15.—THE MODE OF PROPAGATING THE ELM. 5.—WHEN UNGUENTS WERE FIRST USED BY THE ROMANS. CHALCOPHONOS. in Pliny the Elder's Natural History: The Empire in the Encyclopaedia (Oxford 2004). THE BLENDIUS: ONE REMEDY. THE 49. (45. 14.—CONSIDERATIONS ON MAN'S CUPIDITY FOR GOLD. )—ELEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE HELICHRYSOS. )—THE NATURE OF FLOWERS AND GARLANDS. )—THE DIMENSIONS OF THE EARTH. SCARITIS. THE BATIA: )—PRECIOUS STONES WHICH DERIVE THEIR NAMES 55.—THE SWEET APPLES CALLED MELIMELA: SIX OBSERVATIONS UPON THEM. 12. )—ALGA RUFA OR RED SEA-WEED: ONE REMEDY. Aside from the usual contributions of its noble politicians and military commanders, the story of a nation also records the invaluable literary influences of its poets, dramatists, and historians. CHAP. 5), where he enumerates Much information covering Pliny the Elder came from his nephew and adopted son, the writer Pliny the Younger (62-113), including the story of his death: Pliny's last assignment was that of commander of the fleet in the Bay of Naples. 26.—THE PASTE USED IN THE PREPARATION OF PAPER. 15.—THE PERSONS WHO HAVE POSSESSED THE GREATEST QUANTITY OF GOLD AND SILVER. )—WHAT NUMEROUS APPLIANCES OF LUXURY ARE FOUND IN THE SEA. CHAP. CHAP. 13.—GALBANUM: TWENTY-THREE REMEDIES. CHAP. CHAP. 65.—REEDS USED FOR ARROWS, AND FOR THE PURPOSE 89.—MARRUBIUM OR PRASION, OTHERWISE LINOSTROPHON, PHILOPAIS, OR PHILOCHARES: TWENTY-NINE REMEDIES. In thirty-seven volumes, he does describe the full complexity of nature. (32. CHAP. (68. )—RESEMBLANCE OF THE APE TO MAN. CHAP. supposed to have been changed from Veranius and Fabius, as terms of (28. 98.—THE ONOBRYCHIS: THREE REMEDIES. CHAP. 43.—REMEDIES FOR THE BITE OF THE MAD DOG. TWO HEARTS. 98.—SEVEN REMEDIES DERIVED FROM THE LYCHNIS. 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