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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.

ISBN-13

9780299301743

ISBN-10

0299301745

Weight

0.58 Pounds

Dimensions

7.90 x 5.00 x 0.60 In

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Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

320 pages

Publisher

University of Wisconsin Press

Published On

2014-12-03



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