Martial's Epigrams: A Selection

by Marcus Valerius Martialis and Frederick Apthorp Paley

Book Overview

Despite his enduring popularity, Martial has recently suffered from serious critical neglect. The present work is the first edition of selections from Martial to be published for decades, and includes... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670020397
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.5" x 0.8" x 4.8"

Customer Reviews

Bawdy, backbiting and hilarious

Translations of Martial's bawdy and bitchy epigrams, as pertinent today as they were in the first century AD, when he wrote them.