Open AccessAz epizodikusság mint narratív lehetőség
Author(s) -
Ágnes Darab
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
studia litteraria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2063-1049
pISSN - 0562-2867
DOI - 10.37415/studia/2015/54/4074
Subject(s) - encyclopedia , meaning (existential) , context (archaeology) , structuring , narrative , function (biology) , epistemology , philosophy , literature , history , art , linguistics , political science , law , archaeology , evolutionary biology , biology
The name of Marcus Ofilius Hilarius does not occur in any other source besides book 7 of Pliny’s encyclopedia. With this in mind, the narrative giving an extensive account of the death of the actor needs further explanation. The present paper takes a look at the narrower and broader context of this detail which lends the story a meaning and a structuring function within the Naturalis Historia. This inquiry enables us to draw certain conclusions not only about book 7, but about the whole encyclopedia as well.