Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder has been mentioned or cited more than a dozen times throughout all the RSS channels we monitor. Especially, the channel 'The Atlantic' contains less than a dozen references to this person (or maybe different people with similar names) alone. As it’s displayed on the chart below, Pliny the Elder was highly popular in January, 2017.

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Mermaids: Aquatic Seductress or Murderous Diva of the Deep?

[...] the human figure is still rough all over with scales,” according to Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder. He notes that Legatus of Gaul once wrote to Emperor Augustus claiming he found a “ [...]

newzbreaker.com

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Exhibition: ‘The Greats: Masterpieces from the National Galleries of Scotland’ at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AG...

[...] ancient artist Antiphilus of Alexandria and known from a text written in the 1st century by Pliny the Elder. The presence of the monkey evokes the classical notion of art as the ape of nature, while [...]

artblart.com

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A History of Asbestos Use

[...] those who spun and wove asbestos into fabric. In particular, Roman philosopher and naturalist Pliny the Elder noted that slaves who mined asbestos suffered from a sickness of the lungs and died at an [...]

westvirginiamesotheliomalawfirm.com

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