Martial

Martial

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Herausgeber: Watson, Lindsay; Watson, Pat

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Produktbeschreibung

A representative selection of the poems of the first-century AD epigrammatist Martial is presented in this edition, together with a very full introduction and commentary suitable for use with students. There is a strong focus on social history as well as extensive discussion of questions of literary interpretation.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 438g
• ISBN-13: 9780521555395
• ISBN-10: 0521555396
• Artikelnr.: 22455433

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
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1. Martial and poetry
2. Poet and patron
3. Martial and the city of Rome
4. Women
5. Sexual mores
6. Satirical epigrams
7. Epideictic epigrams
8. Funerary epigrams
Commentary
Bibliography
Indexes.