The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny
9. Which was the first statue of a god made of brass at Rome.
The origin of statues, and the respect paid to them 154
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- BOOK XXXII. Ch.2
- 1. The power of Nature as manifested in antipathies. The Ch.3
- 8. Places where fish recognize the human voice. Oracular Ch.4
- 10. When sea-fish were first eaten by the people of Rome. The Ch.5
- 12. The antipathies and sympathies which exist between certain Ch.6
- 13. Amphibious animals. Castoreum: sixty-six remedies and Ch.7
- 15. Remedies derived from the aquatic animals, classified Ch.8
- 16. Remedies for poisons, and for noxious spells. The dorade: Ch.9
- 17. Remedies for the stings of serpents, for the bites of dogs, Ch.10
- 18. The sea-frog: six remedies. The river-frog: fifty-two Ch.11
- 19. The enhydris: six remedies. The river-crab: fourteen remedies. Ch.12
- 20. The sea-calf: ten remedies. The muræna: one remedy. The Ch.13
- 21. The various kinds of oysters: fifty-eight remedies and Ch.14
- 23. Remedies for alopecy, change of colour in the hair, and Ch.15
- 24. Remedies for diseases of the eyes and eyelids. Two remedies Ch.16
- 25. Remedies for diseases of the ears. The batia: one remedy. Ch.17
- 26. Remedies for tooth-ache. The dog-fish: four remedies. Ch.18
- 27. Remedies for lichens, and for spots upon the face. The Ch.19
- 28. Remedies for scrofula, imposthumes of the parotid glands, Ch.20
- 30. Remedies for pains in the liver and side. The elongated Ch.21
- 31. Remedies for diseases of the bowels. Sea-wort: one remedy Ch.22
- 32. Remedies for diseases of the spleen, for urinary calculi, Ch.23
- 33. Remedies for intestinal hernia, and for diseases of the Ch.24
- 34. Remedies for inflamed tumours, and for diseases of the Ch.25
- 35. Remedies for incontinence of urine. The ophidion: one Ch.26
- 36. Remedies for gout, and for pains in the feet. The beaver: Ch.27
- 38. Remedies for fevers. The fish called asellus: one remedy. Ch.28
- 42. Methods of arresting hæmorrhage and of letting blood. The Ch.29
- 45. Remedies for warts, and for malformed nails. The glanis: Ch.30
- 46. Remedies for female diseases. The glauciscus: one Ch.31
- 49. Methods of preventing intoxication. The fish called rubellio: Ch.32
- 50. Antaphrodisiacs and aphrodisiacs. The hippopotamus: one Ch.33
- 52. Other aquatic productions. Adarca or calamochnos: three Ch.34
- 53. The names of all the animals that exist in the sea, one Ch.35
- BOOK XXXIII. Ch.36
- 13. Coins of gold. At what periods copper, gold, and silver, Ch.37
- 15. The persons who have possessed the greatest quantity of gold Ch.38
- 16. At what period silver first made its appearance upon the arena Ch.39
- 17. At what periods there was the greatest quantity of gold and Ch.40
- 29. The chrysocolla of the goldsmiths, known also as Ch.41
- 30. The marvellous operations of nature in soldering metallic Ch.42
- 36. Minium: for what religious purposes it was used by the Ch.43
- 40. The various kinds of minium. The use made of it in Ch.44
- 44. The different kinds of silver, and the modes of testing Ch.45
- 47. Instances of immense wealth. Persons who have possessed Ch.46
- 48. At what period the Roman people first made voluntary Ch.47
- 50. Instances of the frugality of the ancients in reference Ch.48
- 51. At what period silver was first used as an ornament for Ch.49
- 52. At what period silver chargers of enormous size were first Ch.50
- 55. The most remarkable works in silver, and the names of the Ch.51
- 56. Sil: The persons who first used it in painting and the Ch.52
- BOOK XXXIV. Ch.53
- 9. Which was the first statue of a god made of brass at Rome. Ch.54
- 10. The different kinds and forms of statues. Statues at Rome Ch.55
- 11. In honour of whom public statues were first erected: in Ch.56
- 12. In honour of what foreigners public statues were erected at Ch.57
- 13. The first equestrian statues publicly erected at Rome, and Ch.58
- 14. At what period all the statues erected by private Ch.59
- 16. That there were statuaries in Italy also at an early Ch.60
- 19. An account of the most celebrated works in brass, and of Ch.61
- 20. The different kinds of copper and its combinations. Pyropus. Ch.62
- 23. Fifteen remedies derived from cadmia. Ten medicinal effects Ch.63
- 41. The different kinds of iron, and the mode of tempering Ch.64
- 46. Seventeen remedies derived from the scales of iron. Ch.65
- BOOK XXXV. Ch.66
- 3. When shields were first invented with portraits upon them; Ch.67
- 5. The commencement of the art of painting. Monochrome Ch.68
- 8. At what period foreign paintings were first introduced at Ch.69
- 9. At what period painting was first held in high esteem at Rome, Ch.70
- 12. Pigments other than those of a metallic origin. Artificial Ch.71
- 31. Which colours do not admit of being laid on a wet Ch.72
- 33. At what time combats of gladiators were first painted Ch.73
- 34. The age of painting; with the names of the more celebrated Ch.74
- 38. An effectual way of putting a stop to the singing of Ch.75
- 39. Artists who have painted in eucaustics or wax, with Ch.76
- 40. The first inventors of various kinds of painting. The Ch.77
- 44. Who was the first to mould figures in imitation of the Ch.78
- 47. Various kinds of earth. The Puteolan dust, and other Ch.79
- 50. Sulphur, and the several varieties of it: fourteen Ch.80
- 51. Bitumen, and the several varieties of it: twenty-seven Ch.81
- 52. Alumen, and the several varieties of it: thirty-eight Ch.82
- 56. Chian earth: three remedies. Selinusian earth: three Ch.83
- 57. Cretaceous earths used for scouring cloth. Cimolian earth: Ch.84
- 58. Argentaria. Names of freedmen who have either risen to Ch.85
- 59. The earth of Galata; of Clypea; of the Baleares; and of Ch.86
- BOOK XXXVI. Ch.87
- 4. The first artists who excelled in the sculpture of marble, Ch.88
- 6. Who were the first to cut marble into slabs, and at what Ch.89
- 7. Who was the first to encrust the walls of houses at Rome with Ch.90
- 8. At what period the various kinds of marble came into use at Ch.91
- 9. The method of cutting marble into slabs. The sand used in Ch.92
- 13. Lygdinus; corallitic stone; stone of Alabanda; stone of Ch.93
- 23. The fugitive stone. The seven-fold echo. Buildings erected Ch.94
- 38. Æthiopic hæmatites. Androdamas: two remedies. Arabian Ch.95
- 43. Stones for mortars used for medicinal and other purposes. Ch.96
- 54. The various kinds of sand. The combinations of sand with Ch.97
- 64. At what period mosaic pavements were first invented. At Ch.98
- BOOK XXXVII. Ch.99
- 4. Who were the most skilful lapidaries. The finest specimens Ch.100
- 6. Jewels displayed at Rome in the triumph of Pompeius Ch.101
- 7. At what period murrhine vessels were first introduced at Ch.102
- 10. Luxury displayed in the use of crystal. Remedies derived Ch.103
- 14. The various precious stones, classified according to their Ch.104
- 23. Sardonyx; the several varieties of it. Defects in the Ch.105
- 40. Amethystos: four varieties of it. Socondion. Sapenos. Ch.106
- 54. Achates: the several varieties of it. Acopos: the remedies Ch.107
- 55. Balanites. Batrachitis. Baptes. Beli oculus. Belus. Ch.108
- 56. Cadmitis. Callais. Capnitis. Cappadocia. Callaica. Ch.109
- 58. Encardia or ariste. Enorchis. Exebenus. Erythallis. Ch.110
- 59. Galaxias. Galactitis, leucogæa, leucographitis, or Ch.111
- 60. Heliotropium. Hephæstitis. Hermuaidoion. Hexecontalithos. Ch.112
- 62. Lepidotis. Lesbias. Leucophthalmos. Leucopœcilos. Ch.113
- 63. Memnonia. Media. Meconitis. Mithrax. Morochthos. Ch.114
- 65. Oica. Ombria or notia. Onocardia. Oritis or sideritis. Ch.115
- 66. Panchrus. Pangonus. Paneros or panerastos. Pontica: four Ch.116
- 67. Solis gemma. Sagda. Samothracia. Sauritis. Sarcitis. Ch.117
- 68. Trichrus. Thelyrrhizos. Thelycardios or mule. Thracia: Ch.118
- 71. Precious stones which derive their names from various parts Ch.119
- 72. Precious stones which derive their names from animals. Ch.120
- 73. Precious stones which derive their names from other objects. Ch.121
- 74. Precious stones that suddenly make their appearance. Ch.122
- 77. A comparative view of Nature as she appears in different Ch.123
- BOOK XXXII.[1] Ch.124
- BOOK XXXIII. Ch.125
- BOOK XXXIV. Ch.126
- BOOK XXXV. Ch.127
- BOOK XXXVI. Ch.128
- BOOK XXXVII. Ch.129
- Introduction to Vol. III. Ch.130
- 480. _Bohn’s Edition_. Ch.131
- 49. Also Beckmann’s Hist. Inv., Vol. II. p. 219, _Bohn’s Edition_. Ch.132
- 40. It is our red ochre, peroxide of iron, mixed in a greater or less Ch.133
- Chapter 36. Ch.134
- 295. _Bohn’s Edition._ Ch.135
- Chapter 20 of the present Book. On the above passage by Dr. Watson, Ch.136
- Chapter 55 of this Book, that he flourished before the burning of the Ch.137
- Chapter 26), were the blue copper earth already mentioned, which may Ch.138
- 400. Several works of his are also mentioned by Pausanias. Ch.139
- 5. Müller and Meyer treat this story of the brazen statue as a fiction. Ch.140
- 328. _Bohn’s Edition._ Ch.141
- Chapter 32. Ch.142
- Chapter 2 of this Book, and B. xxxv. c. 52. Ch.143
- Chapter 40 of this Book. Ch.144
- 14. He alludes to the cement made of volcanic ashes, now known as Ch.145
- Introduction to Vol. III. Ch.146
- 19. Sillig, however, is inclined to think that there were _two_ artists Ch.147
- 703. His Basilica, a building which served as a court of law and as an Ch.148
- Chapter 68 of this Book. Ch.149
- Chapter 37. Ch.150
- Chapter 55 above. Ch.151
- Chapter 48, and “Beli oculus” in Chapter 55, of this Book. Ch.152
- Chapter 66 and the Tecolithos of Chapter 68. Ch.153
- 480. Of his Tragedies, eighteen are still extant, out of seventy-five, Ch.154
- Introduction to the work, i. 1-11. Ch.155