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Selected Epigrams by Martial is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Selected Epigrams about?
This lively translation accurately captures the wit and uncensored bawdiness of the epigrams of Martial, who satirized Roman society, both high and low, in the first century CE. His pithy little poems amuse, but also offer vivid insight into the world of patrons and clients, doctors and lawyers, prostitutes, slaves, and social climbers in ancient Rome. The selections cover nearly a third of Martial's 1,500 or so epigrams, augmented by an introduction by historian Marc Kleijwegt and informative notes on literary allusion and wordplay by translator Susan McLean. Finalist, Literary Translation Award, PEN Center USA
Who reads Selected Epigrams?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Martial
- Publisher
- The University of Wisconsin Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781322297194
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, History, Literary Criticism
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