Availability:In StockContributor:Martial, James Michie (Translator), Shadi Bartsch (Introduction by)Series:Modern Library ClassicsPublish date:2002-08-13Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Modern LibraryISBN-13:9780375760426ISBN-10:375760423UPC:9780375760426Book Category:Poetry, Foreign Language StudyBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Latin, EuropeanSize:8.10 x 5.18 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCFQ7PM18D
Epigrams
Martial, the father of the epigram, was one of the brilliant provincial poets who made their literary mark on first-century Rome. His Epigrams can be affectionate or cruel, elegiac or playful; they target every element of Roman society, from slaves to schoolmasters to, above all, the aristocratic elite. With wit and wisdom, Martial evokes not "the grandeur that was Rome," but rather the timeless...
Series: Modern Library Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Modern LibraryISBN-13:9780375760426ISBN-10:375760423UPC:9780375760426Book Category:Poetry, Foreign Language StudyBook Subcategory:Ancient & Classical, Latin, EuropeanSize:8.10 x 5.18 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCFQ7PM18D
James Michie studied classics at Trinity College, Oxford. His other translations include The Poems of Catullus and Horace's Odes (available as a Modern Library Paperback Classic). His Collected Poems was awarded the Hawthornden Prize. Shadi Bartsch is Chair of the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago, the editor in chief of Classical Philology, and the author of Decoding the...
Publisher: Modern Library
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2002 Edition
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Martial, James Michie (Translator), Shadi Bartsch (Introduction by)
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