Home - Epigraphic Database Heidelberg Current Epigraphy Vertaling Metamorphosen (Engels) A complete English translation and Mythological index 'I change but I cannot die.' Shelley 'The Cloud' line 76. TO BROWSE NOW click left below. Click here to DOWNLOAD. The Text is fully hyper-linked to the Mythological index and vice versa. BACK TO Poetry In Translation for more translations. Copyright © 2000 A. Last Modified 01/NOV/2000 Épigraphie en réseau | Réflexions sur les potentialités d'innovations dans la représentation numérique des inscriptions et leurs contenus historiques Pliny 6.16 Pliny Letter 6.16 My dear Tacitus, You ask me to write you something about the death of my uncle so that the account you transmit to posterity is as reliable as possible. He was at Misenum in his capacity as commander of the fleet on the 24th of August [sc. in 79 AD], when between 2 and 3 in the afternoon my mother drew his attention to a cloud of unusual size and appearance. He ordered a boat made ready. Ash was falling onto the ships now, darker and denser the closer they went. At Stabiae, on the other side of the bay formed by the gradually curving shore, Pomponianus had loaded up his ships even before the danger arrived, though it was visible and indeed extremely close, once it intensified. They tied pillows on top of their heads as protection against the shower of rock. Meanwhile at Misenum, my mother and I-but this has nothing to do with history, and you only asked for information about his death. Return to CC 302 site
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