Pro captu lectoris habent sua fata...: Plinius und der Eklat epist. 6,15

• Autores: Jan-Wilhelm Beck
• Localización: Hermes: Zeitschrift fur klassische philologie, ISSN 0018-0777, Vol. 141, Nº 3, 2013, págs. 294-308
• Idioma: alemán
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• Resumen

  • In his short epistle 6,15 Pliny reports on an incident which has happened during a recitation of poetry: The poet Passennus Paulus started with the words "Prisce, iubes �"; the addressee Javolenus Priscus, a renowned jurist, protested �ego vero non iubeo". The audience laughed, but not so Pliny. He evaluates, even criticizes. Conversely, this article evaluates Pliny himself and his opinion with regard to his other epistles.