Martial

Informationen zum Autor Lindsay C Watson is Associate Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney. Patricia Watson is Honorary Associate in Classics and Ancient History at the same institution. Lindsay C Watson is the author of A Commentary on Horace's Epodes and Arae: The Curse Poetry of Antiquity. Patricia Watson is the editor (with Lindsay C Watson) of Martial: Select Epigrams. Vorwort Marcus Valerius Martialis is celebrated for his droll, frequently salacious, portrayal of Roman high and low society during first century rule of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. This title provides an overview - for students of classics and ancient history, as well as comparative literature - of the chief themes of his sardonic writings. Zusammenfassung Marcus Valerius Martialis is celebrated for his droll, frequently salacious, portrayal of Roman high and low society during first century rule of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. This title provides an overview - for students of classics and ancient history, as well as comparative literature - of the chief themes of his sardonic writings.

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• Authors: Lindsay C Watson, Lindsay C. Watson, Lindsay C. (Associate Professor Watson, Lindsay C. Watson Watson, Patricia Watson, Prof Lindsay C. (Associate Professor Watson
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2015
• EAN: 9781780766362
• ISBN: 978-1-78076-636-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Understanding Classics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies