@misc{Hogenmüller_Boris_Die_2019, author={Hogenmüller, Boris}, copyright={Copyright by Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne}, address={Wrocław}, howpublished={online}, year={2019}, publisher={Polskie Towarzystwo Filologiczne i Uniwersytet Wrocławski}, language={ger}, abstract={The relationship between Pliny and Tacitus is an often-discussed topic in modernresearch. A great number of letters is addressed to the friend and famous historian in order to praisePliny’s own actions and duties. A brilliant example of the so-called ‘self-praise’ can be seen in Ep. III21, the sphragis epistle of Pliny’s third book of letters. Therein while mourning the death of Martialand repeating some verses of a poem which Martial dedicated to him, Pliny obviously refers to thelast chapter of Tacitus’ Agricola using different forms of intertextual allusions. In the followingstudy I will demonstrate how Pliny tried to apply Tacitus’ thoughts in the Agricola to achieve eternalmemory.}, type={text}, title={Die Sphragis-Epistel des Dritten Buches. Bemerkungen zur Intertextualität von Plin .Ep. III 21.}, keywords={Sphragis, Plinius}, }