EVOLVING ETHNOGRAPHIES IN PLINY THE ELDER'S TRANSDANUBIAN EXEGESIS (HN 4.80–1)

In sections 4.80 and 4.81 of the Historia Naturalis, Pliny the Elder describes the peoples living beyond the Danube River in his own day in the later first century c.e.: (4.80) ab eo in plenum quidem omnes Scytharum sunt gentes, uariae tamen litori adposita tenuere, alias Getae, Daci Romanis dicti,...

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Published in:Classical quarterly 2020-12, Vol.70 (2), p.792-799
Main Author: Hart, Timothy C.
Format: Article
Language:English
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1st century
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Ethnography
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Hegemony
Ideology
Interpreters
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Literary translation
Logic
Pliny the Elder (23-79)
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Summary:In sections 4.80 and 4.81 of the Historia Naturalis, Pliny the Elder describes the peoples living beyond the Danube River in his own day in the later first century c.e.: (4.80) ab eo in plenum quidem omnes Scytharum sunt gentes, uariae tamen litori adposita tenuere, alias Getae, Daci Romanis dicti, alias Sarmatae, Graecis Sauromatae, eorumque Hamaxobii aut Aorsi, alias Scythae degeneres et a seruis orti aut Trogodytae, mox Alani et Rhoxolani; superiora autem inter Danuuium et Hercynium saltum usque ad Pannonica hiberna Carnunti Germanorumque ibi confinium, campos et plana Iazyges Sarmatae, montes uero et saltus pulsi ab iis Daci ad Pathissum amnem. (4.81) a Maro, siue Duria est a Suebis regnoque Vanniano dirimens eos, auersa Basternae tenent aliique inde Germani. […] Scytharum nomen usquequaque transiit in Sarmatas atque Germanos. nec aliis prisca illa durauit appellatio quam qui extremi gentium harum, ignoti prope ceteris mortalibus, degunt.
ISSN:0009-8388
1471-6844
DOI:10.1017/S0009838820000890