CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
Testimonium
Bibliography
Sigla
PARALLEL LATIN TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION
COMMENTARY
Indexes
The Roman poet Martial concentrated on the genre of epigram, which he brought to such perfection that he provided the model for subsequent epigrammatists. He is best known for his pungently witty poems, which gave the word 'epigram' its modern definition, but his range is much wider than this: he has an acute perception of human nature, and gives a fascinating insight into the Rome of the late first century A.D. His fifth book, which contains eighty-four poems, is dedicated to the emperor Domitian, and for that reason it avoids the obscenity of the other books. Nevertheless it includes a rich variety of subject matter and treatment.
Peter A. Howell is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Classics at Royal Holloway, University of London. In 1980 he published a commentary on Book I of the Epigrams of Martial.
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