Martial Liber Spectaculorum

Author : Kathleen M. Coleman
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019151828X
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Martial: Liber Spectaculorum written by Kathleen M. Coleman and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-10-26 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first full-scale edition of the so-called Liber spectaculorum by Martial. A comprehensive introduction addresses the role of epigram in commemorating monuments and occasions, the connection between spectacle and imperial panegyric in Martial's oeuvre, characteristics of the collection, possible circumstances of composition and 'publication', transmission of the text, and related issues. Each epigram is followed by an apparatus criticus, an English translation, and a detailed commentary on linguistic, literary, and historical matters, adducing extensive evidence from epigraphy and art as well as literary sources. The book is accompanied by four concordances, five tables, two maps, 30 plates, and an appendix.

Author : Martial
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book M. Val. Martialis Epigrammata selecta written by Martial and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Fitzgerald
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226252558
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Martial written by William Fitzgerald and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this age of the sound bite, what sort of author could be more relevant than a master of the epigram? Martial, the most influential epigrammatist of classical antiquity, was just such a virtuoso of the form, but despite his pertinence to today’s culture, his work has been largely neglected in contemporary scholarship. Arguing that Martial is a major author who deserves more sustained attention, William Fitzgerald provides an insightful tour of his works, shedding new and much-needed light on the Roman poet’s world—and how it might speak to our own. Writing in the late first century CE—when the epigram was firmly embedded in the social life of the Roman elite—Martial published his poems in a series of books that were widely read and enjoyed. Exploring what it means to read such a collection of epigrams, Fitzgerald examines the paradoxical relationship between the self-enclosed epigram and the book of poems that is more than the sum of its parts. And he goes on to show how Martial, by imagining these books being displayed in shops and shipped across the empire to admiring readers, prophetically behaved like a modern author. Chock-full of epigrams itself—in both Latin and English versions—Fitzgerald’s study will delight classicists, literary scholars, and anyone who appreciates an ingenious witticism.

Author : Martial
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Epigrams from Martial written by Martial and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martial
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198144816
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book M. Valerii Martialis Liber Spectaculorum$ ; Dited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary by Kathleen M. Coleman written by Martial and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-26 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An edition of a collection of Latin epigrams by the poet Martial to celebrate games held in the Colosseum. An introduction sets the epigrams in their literary and social context. Each epigram is followed by an English translation and a detailed commentary discussing matters of linguistic, literary, and historical interest.

Author : Christer Henriksén
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118841727
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Ancient Epigram written by Christer Henriksén and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful look at the epic literary history of the short, poetic genre of the epigram From Nestor’s inscribed cup to tombstones, bathroom walls, and Twitter tweets, the ability to express oneself concisely and elegantly, continues to be an important part of literary history unlike any other. This book examines the entire history of the epigram, from its beginnings as a purely epigraphic phenomenon in the Greek world, where it moved from being just a note attached to physical objects to an actual literary form of expression, to its zenith in late 1st century Rome, and further through a period of stagnation up to its last blooming, just before the beginning of the Dark Ages. A Companion to Ancient Epigram offers the first ever full-scale treatment of the genre from a broad international perspective. The book is divided into six parts, the first of which covers certain typical characteristics of the genre, examines aspects that are central to our understanding of epigram, and discusses its relation to other literary genres. The subsequent four parts present a diachronic history of epigram, from archaic Greece, Hellenistic Greece, and Latin and Greek epigrams at Rome, all the way up to late antiquity, with a concluding section looking at the heritage of ancient epigram from the Middle Ages up to modern times. Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the epigram The first single-volume book to examine the entire history of the genre Scholarly interest in Greek and Roman epigram has steadily increased over the past fifty years Looks at not only the origins of the epigram but at the later literary tradition A Companion to Ancient Epigram will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, world literature, and ancient and general history. It will also be an excellent addition to the shelf of any public and university library.

Author : Christer Henriksén
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199606315
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Commentary on Martial, Epigrams Book 9 written by Christer Henriksén and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-09 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henriksén offers the first extensive commentary on Book 9 of the Epigrams of M. Valerius Martialis. The book consists of an introduction discussing the date, characteristics, structure, and themes of Book 9, followed by a detailed commentary on each of the 105 poems, which places them in their literary, social, and historical context.

Author : Martial
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519688804
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Public Shows of Domitian written by Martial and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcus Valerius Martialis (commonly referred to as Martial), was a Latin poet who lived during the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D. He is best known for Epigrams, and he remains one of the most widely read Roman poets nearly 2000 years after his death.

Author : Garry Wills
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440633282
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Martial's Epigrams written by Garry Wills and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of literature's greatest satirists, Martial earned his livelihood by excoriating the follies and vices of Roman society and its emperors, and set a pattern that satirists have admired across the ages. For the first time, readers can enjoy an English translation of these rhymes that does not sacrifice the cleverly constructed effects of Martial's short and shapely thrusts. Martial's Epigrams "bespeaks a great scholar at play" (The New York Times Book Review), makes for addictive reading, and is a perfect, if naughty, gift. Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.

Author : Martial
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Selected Epigrams of Martial written by Martial and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: