Martial: Select Epigrams
, by Martial , Edited by Lindsay Watson , Patricia WatsonNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521555395 | 0521555396
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/23/2003
Ninety poems by Martial, the first-century a.d. epigrammatist, are presented, with commentary, in this edition. Selected on the basis of their thematic importance, these concise poems provide an unique opportunity to interpret a significantly neglected author. The book considers the sociocultural and historical matrix from which the epigrams sprang and the Roman love of personal invective which sustains and enlivens a major portion of Martial's work.