PLINY, LETTERS 10.98. A METAPHOR FOR THE SOLUTION TO THE CHRISTIAN PROBLEM? Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractI argue that letter 98 of Book 10 of Pliny's Letters (= Epistulae) was deliberately moved from its original position in the sequence of letters in order to serve as a metaphor for the solution to the problem of Christians in Bithynia and Pontus. This solves a chronological problem in Pliny's Letters and is evidence of the hand of an active editor.

authors

• Beckmann, Martin

status

• published 

publication date

• May 2022

has subject area

• 20 Language, Communication and Culture (FoR)
• 21 History and Archaeology (FoR)
• 22 Philosophy and Religious Studies (FoR)
• Classics (Science Metrix)

published in

• Classical Quarterly  Journal

keywords

• 47 Language, Communication and Culture
• 4705 Literary Studies
• 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1017/s000983882200009x

start page

• 452

end page

• 455

volume

• 72

issue

• 1