Pliny, Letters 10.98. A Metaphor for the Solution to the Christian Problem?

Classical Quarterly 72 (1):452-455 (2022)
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I argue that letter 98 of Book 10 of Pliny's Letters (= Epistulae) was deliberately moved from its original position in the sequence of letters in order to serve as a metaphor for the solution to the problem of Christians in Bithynia and Pontus. This solves a chronological problem in Pliny's Letters and is evidence of the hand of an active editor.

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The Letters of Pliny. A Historical and Social Commentary.William C. McDermott & A. N. Sherwin-White - 1969 - American Journal of Philology 90 (3):342.
Plinius' Reisen in Bithynien und Pontus.Ulrich Wilcken - 1914 - Hermes 49 (1):120-136.

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