Publications [#235287] of William Johnson

Articles

1. Johnson, WA. "Pliny Epistle. 9.36 and Demosthenes' Cave." Classical World 106.4 (2013): 665-668.
   (last updated on 2026/01/15)

   Abstract:
   This note identifi es an unnoticed allusion in Pliny Epistle 9.36 to the story of Demosthenes' cave, and explicates hoW that allusion responds in specifi c terms to the passage in Quintilian (Pliny's teacher) in Which the story of the cave is told; the upshot is a reading of Pliny's letter as an allusive and dialogic text of considerable sophistication.