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Zusatztext The edition itself consists of the text, an introduction to it, and a more or less exhaustive commentary, where he provides thorough surveys of previous discussions. It is really a verily re-markable accomplishment that all sorts of classicists, both philologists and historians, not to speak of literary historians, will use with profit and predilection. Informationen zum Autor Christer Henriksén is Senior Lecturer in Latin at the Department of Linguistics and Philology, Uppsala University, and mainly works on various aspects of Martial's poetry, Roman verse inscriptions, and also on the development of dactylic verse in Greece and Rome and its use by different poets. Klappentext Henriksén offers the first extensive commentary on Book 9 of the Epigrams of M. Valerius Martialis. The book consists of an introduction discussing the date, characteristics, structure, and themes of Book 9, followed by a detailed commentary on each of the 105 poems, which places them in their literary, social, and historical context. Zusammenfassung Henriksén offers the first extensive commentary on Book 9 of the Epigrams of M. Valerius Martialis. The book consists of an introduction discussing the date, characteristics, structure, and themes of Book 9, followed by a detailed commentary on each of the 105 poems, which places them in their literary, social, and historical context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1: The date of Book 9 2: General characteristics and metres 3: Themes and motifs in Book 9 4: The structure of Book 9 5: Some notes on the tradition of the manuscripts and on the text of Book 9 6: A note on the use of this commentary Text and Commentary Bibliography Indices Index of proper names Temples and buildings Latin words and expressions General index
