Epigrams: With Parallel Latin Text

by Marcus Valerius Martialis, Marcus Valerius Martial, Martial

Book Overview

"If you're one of those terribly serious readers, now is a good time to leave."

The poet we call Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis, lived by his wits in first-century Rome. Pounding the mean streets of the Empire's capital, he takes apart the pretensions, addictions, and cruelties of its inhabitants with perfect comic timing and killer punchlines. Social climbers and sex-offenders, rogue traders and two-faced preachers - all...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199645450
• ISBN13: 9780199645459
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Fun to Read epigrams from 90AD

This book is a pleasant and often amusing read, a nice mix of day to day observations, occasional spice, certainly cheap at twice the price.