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Selected Epigrams

By Susan , Martialis , Marcus Valerius;McLean

Book information

Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780299301743, 9780299301736, 0299301737, 0299301745
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
502 kB (514383 bytes)
Pages
LVII, 189 Seiten\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

This lively translation accurately captures the wit and uncensored bawdiness of the epigrams of Martial, who satirized Roman society, both high and low, in the first century CE. His pithy little poems amuse, but also offer vivid insight into the world of patrons and clients, doctors and lawyers, prostitutes, slaves, and social climbers in ancient Rome. The selections cover nearly a third of Martial's 1,500 or so epigrams, augmented by an introduction by historian Marc Kleijwegt and informative notes on literary allusion and wordplay by translator Susan McLean.

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