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Epigrams

English · Paperback / Softback

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Martial, like many of the Latin poets, was born in Bibilis, Spain, probably around 38-41 AD. He appears to have lived in Rome for nearly thirty-four years, under the patronage of the great Spaniard Senaca the Younger. He belonged to a class of intellectuals who were in resolute opposition to the emperor Domitian, so many times figures like Cicero, Brutus, and Pompey are used as literary devices against the crazed tyrant. Martial's poems are definitely modeled off of Catullus' epigrams and elegiac verses, although they are different in meaning and theme. These poems are hilarious and audacious, cruel, lewd, charming, spiteful, and creative; and they bring to life the social and political milieu of Rome.

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Authors Martial, James Michie, James Mitchie
Assisted by James Mitchie (Translation)
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 30.11.1978
 
EAN 9780140443509
ISBN 978-0-14-044350-9
No. of pages 208
Dimensions 129 mm x 198 mm x 15 mm
Series Penguin Classics
Penguin Classics
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama

Classical texts, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Poetry / poems by individual poets

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