Select Epigrams

Zusammenfassung A representative selection of the poems of the first-century AD epigrammatist Martial is presented in this edition! together with a very full introduction and commentary suitable for use with students. There is a strong focus on social history as well as extensive discussion of questions of literary interpretation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Select epigrams; 1. Martial and poetry; 2. Poet and patron; 3. Martial and the city of Rome; 4. Women; 5. Sexual mores; 6. Satirical epigrams; 7. Epideictic epigrams; 8. Funerary epigrams; Commentary; Bibliography; Indexes.

Product details

• Authors: Martial
• Assisted by: Lindsay Watson (Editor), Pat Watson (Editor), Patricia Watson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.06.2003
• EAN: 9780521555395
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55539-5
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 205 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Print On Demand; Cambridge Greek and Latin Clas; Print on Demand
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies