The Natural History, Volume 5

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Natural History, Volume 5 by Pliny the Elder. (Translated by Henry Thomas Riley; John Bostock.) Read in English by Leni; Kristine Bekere; Leon Harvey; KHand; ritalouise; JLF; DaveWindell; MajorHistory; Kristy Carpenter; Connie Bettison Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman empire to the modern day and purports to cover the entire field of ancient knowledge, based on the best authorities available to Pliny. The work became a model for all later encyclopedias in terms of the breadth of subject matter examined, the need to reference original authors, and a comprehensive index list of the contents. The scheme of his great work is vast and comprehensive, being nothing short of an encyclopedia of learning and of art so far as they are connected with nature or draw their materials from nature. The work divides neatly into the organic world of plants and animals, and the realm of inorganic matter, although there are frequent digressions in each section. He is especially interested in not just describing the occurrence of…

Directors & creators

Pliny the Elder

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;nature; animals; medicine; reference; remedies; diseases

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