Epigrams, Volume II Books 6-10

Name: Epigrams, Volume II Books 6-10
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ISBN: 9780674995567

ISBN-10: 0674995562

ISBN-13: 9780674995567

Edition: 1993 (Revised)

Authors: Martial, D. R. Shackleton Bailey

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It was to celebrate the opening of the Roman Colosseum in AD 80 that Martial published his first book of poems, "On the Spectacles." Written with satiric wit and a talent for the memorable phrase, the poems in this collection record the broad spectacle of shows in the new arena. The great Latin epigrammist's twelve subsequent books capture the spirit of Roman life-both public and private-in vivid detail. Fortune hunters and busybodies, orators and lawyers, schoolmasters and street hawkers, jugglers and acrobats, doctors and plagiarists, beautiful slaves, and generous hosts are among the diverse characters who populate his verses. Martial is a keen and sharp-tongued observer of Roman…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 4.25" wide x 6.37" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

D. R. Shackleton Bailey was Pope Professor of Latin Language and Literature, Harvard University.



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