The Epigrams: 2dual Language Edition

by Marcus Valerius Martialis, Marcus Valerius Martial, Martial

Book Overview

Martial, like many of the Latin poets, was born in Bibilis, Spain, probably around 38-41 AD. He appears to have lived in Rome for nearly thirty-four years, under the patronage of the great Spaniard Senaca the Younger. He belonged to a class of intellectuals who were in resolute opposition to the emperor Domitian, so many times figures like Cicero, Brutus, and Pompey are used as literary devices against the crazed tyrant. Martial's poems are definitely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140443509
• ISBN13: 9780140443509
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"

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.