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Selected Epigrams / Martial ; translated with notes by Susan McLean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martial, author.
- Series:
- Wisconsin studies in classics.
- Wisconsin studies in classics
- Standardized Title:
- Epigrammata. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Epigrams, Latin--Translations into English.
- Epigrams, Latin.
- Martial--Translations into English.
- Martial.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wisconsin ; London, England : The University of Wisconsin Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Book One
- Book Two
- Book Three
- Book Four
- Book Five
- Book Six
- Book Seven
- Book Eight
- Book Nine
- Book Ten
- Book Eleven
- Book Twelve
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780299301736
- 0299301737
- OCLC:
- 896641202
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