Thursday, April 11, 2:30 p.m., Room NI.111
14.30 - 15.00 Institutional greetings
- Andrea CANOVA, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
- Antonietta PORRO, Director of the Department of Classical Philology, Papyrology and Historical Linguistics
- Giuseppe D'ANNA, Director of Department/, name of unit of Philosophy
- Massimiliano MONDELLI, President of the Plinian Academy and Vice-President of the National Committee for the celebrations of the 2000th anniversary of the birth of Pliny the Elder
15.00 - 19.00 First session
- Chaired by Elisa ROMANO, University of Pavia
15.00 - 15.40
- Richard MARSHALL, University College, University of London
- Pliny's Varro: Source, Inspiration, Competition
15.40 - 16.30
- Mirko DONNINELLI, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
Cur caelum intuearis, agricola? (Plin. NH 18.251): Pliny's calendar in dialogue with its sources
16.30 - 17.00 Discussion
17.00 - 17.20 Break
17.20 - 18.00
- Francesco VERDE, University of Rome, La Sapienza
Observations on Book II of the Naturalis Historia: Philosophy, Controversy, Sources
18.00 - 18.40
- Michele CORRADI, University of Pisa
Res ardua vetustis novitatem dare: Sophistics and the roots of Pliny's encyclopedism
18.40 - 19.00 Discussion
Friday 12 April, 9.00 a.m., Room G.242
9.00 - 13.00 Second session
- Chaired by Chiara TORRE, University of Milan
9.00 - 9.40 Stefano MASO, University of Venice, Ca' Foscari
- Pliny and the meaning of death
9.40 - 10.20 Fabrizio FERACO, University of Calabria
- The 'humanity' of plants in Pliny the Elder: a lexical investigation
10.20 - 10.40 Discussion
10.40 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 11.40
- Massimiliano PAPINI, University of Rome, La Sapienza
The Sources of Painting (Book XXXV)
11.40 - 12.20
- Paolo Luca BERNARDINI, University of Insubria
Plinius redivivus: three moments of Pliny's reception in the early modern period
12.20 - 13.00 Discussion and conclusions
- Scientific responsibility
Elisabetta CATTANEI, Luigi GALASSO
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Secretariat of the National Committee for Celebrations
of the two thousand years since the birth of Pliny the Elder
Claudia STRIATO, Olga INTROZZI
