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Martial (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics): Select Epigrams » (1st Edition)
Authors: Lindsay Watson (Editor), Lindsay Watson, Patricia Watson, Pat Watson (Editor), Patricia Watson
ISBN-13: 9780521555395, ISBN-10: 0521555396
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: July 2003
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Lindsay Watson
Lindsay Watson is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Sydney and the author of Arae: The Curse Poetry of Antiquity (1991).
Patricia Watson is Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Sydney and author of Ancient Stepmothers: Myth, Misogyny and Reality (1995).
Book Synopsis
Representative selection of Martial's poems with full introduction and commentary suitable for use with students.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Abbreviations | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Select Epigrams | 39 | |
| 1 | Martial and Poetry (1-8) | 41 |
| 2 | Poet and Patron | 44 |
| 3 | Martial and the City of Rome | 48 |
| 4 | Women (37-41, see also 16-17, 43-4, 50, 63, 85) | 56 |
| 5 | Sexual Mores | 58 |
| 6 | Satirical Epigrams | 61 |
| 7 | Epideictic Epigrams (78-82) | 69 |
| 8 | Funerary Epigrams (83-86, see also 28) | 70 |
| Commentary | 73 | |
| Bibliography | 357 | |
| Indexes | 370 |
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