Martial's Epigrams Book Two

by Craig A. Williams

2020-11-24 17:36:17

This edition provides an English translation of and detailed commentary on the second book of epigrams published by the Latin poet Marcus Valerius Martialis. The past ten years have seen a resurgence of interest in Martial''s writings. But contempora... Read more
This edition provides an English translation of and detailed commentary on the second book of epigrams published by the Latin poet Marcus Valerius Martialis. The past ten years have seen a resurgence of interest in Martial''s writings. But contemporary readers are in particular need ofassistance when approaching these epigrams, and until now there has been no modern commentary dedicated to Book II. This new commentary carefully illuminates the allusions to people, places, things, and cultural practices of late first-century Rome that pervade Martial''s poetry. It analyzes theepigrammatist''s poems as literary creations, treating such topics as the structure of the individual poems and of the book as a whole, and the influence of earlier texts on Martial''s language and themes. Less

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File size6.42 X 9.09 X 1.1 in
Print pages320
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date June 16, 2004
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780195155310
Craig A. Williams is Associate Professor of Classics, Brooklyn College, City University of New York....

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