COMM 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Artstor, Times New Roman, Naturales Quaestiones
27 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
G. Harrison, PhD
ANCIENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(CLCV 2305A/TSES 2305A)
PLINY/PLUTARCH/ATHENAEUS EVALUATION SPECIFICS
Due 21 OCT as upload on CU-Learn
WILL LOSE 1 LETTER GRADE PER HALF WEEK LATE
WILL LOSE +/- if NOT .pdf
Length: 5 pages double-spaced Times New Roman 12 pt. minimum
[may exceed that length as much as you wish at your selection]
Pliny the Elder is one of the major writers from antiquity. Because everything interested
him, his Natural history (HN) is very much a combination of an encyclopedia and also a
kind of Guiness book of world records. He is not just interested in a class of object but
within that (such as, e.g., statues of Amazons, honey, wines) he ranks them from best to
worst.
Like all ancient (and for that matter, modern) authors, he can be only as good as
his source, so if he chooses to follow an unreliable authority then his account is not to be
trusted. So, too, one has to be careful which writers were basing their accounts on
personal observation or experience.
EACH OF YOU WILL BE ASSIGNED A SECTION FROM
PLINY FOR YOUR REVIEW OF A TOPIC
OPTION – IF YOU DO NOT LIKE THE SECTION IN PLINY
YOU ARE ASSIGNED, YOU CAN SUBSTITUTE WITH A
SECTION FROM ATHENAEUS (http://Penelope.uchicago.edu)
WHICH TREATS OF A SUBJECT MORE TO YOUR LIKING
OR A SECTION FROM ONE OF THE ESSAYS IN PLUTARCH
(Sayings of Women, Sayings of Kings and Commanders, Sayings of
Spartans, Roman Questions, Greek Questions, Convivial Questions,
Natural Questions, Platonic Questions;
http://Penelope.uchicago.edu)
Obtain the text
Each of you has been assigned a number of pages from Pliny's Natural History. Your
particular pages are shown in the document 3. Pliny Assignment Pages on CU-Learn for
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Document Summary
Will lose 1 letter grade per half week late. [may exceed that length as much as you wish at your selection] Length: 5 pages double-spaced times new roman 12 pt. minimum. Pliny the elder is one of the major writers from antiquity. Because everything interested him, his natural history (hn) is very much a combination of an encyclopedia and also a kind of guiness book of world records. So, too, one has to be careful which writers were basing their accounts on personal observation or experience. Like all ancient (and for that matter, modern) authors, he can be only as good as. Each of you will be assigned a section from. Option if you do not like the section in pliny. You are assigned, you can substitute with a. Which treats of a subject more to your liking. Or a section from one of the essays in plutarch (sayings of women, sayings of kings and commanders, sayings of.
