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Additional authors

1. Shackleton Bailey, D. R. (David Roy), 1917-2005.

Description

1. 3 volumes; 17 cm

Summary

1. It was to celebrate the opening of the Roman Colosseum in A.D. 80 that Martial published his first book of poems, "On the Spectacles." Written with satiric wit and a talent for the memorable phrase, the poems in this collection record the broad spectacle of shows in the new arena. The great Latin epigrammist's twelve subsequent books capture the spirit of Roman life - both public and private - in vivid detail. Fortune hunters and busybodies, orators and lawyers, schoolmasters and street hawkers, jugglers and acrobats, doctors and plagiarists, beautiful slaves, and generous hosts are among the diverse characters who populate his verses. Martial is a keen and sharp-tongued observer of Roman Society. His pen brings into crisp relief a wide variety of scenes and events: the theater and public games, life in the countryside, a rich debauchee's banquet, lions in the amphitheater, the eruption of Vesuvius. The epigrams are sometimes obscene, in the tradition of the genre, sometimes warmly affectionate or amusing, and always pointed. Like his contemporary Statius, though, Martial shamelessly flatters his patron Domitian, one of Rome's worst-reputed emperors. D.R. Shackleton Bailey now gives us in three volumes, a reliable modern translation of Martial's often difficult Latin, eliminating many misunderstandings in previous versions. The text is mainly that of his highly praised Teubner edition of 1990.

Series statement

1. Loeb classical library ; LCL 94-LCL 95, LCL 480

Uniform title

1. Epigrammata. English & Latin
2. Loeb classical library ; 94-95, 480.

Alternative title

1. Epigrammata.
2. Spectacles

Subject

1. Épigrammes latines
2. Martial > Translations into English
3. Rome (Empire)
4. Translations
5. Rome > Poetry
6. Epigrams, Latin > Translations into English
7. Poésie de circonstance latine > Traductions anglaises
8. Épigrammes latines > Traductions anglaises
9. Poetry
10. Martial > Traductions anglaises

Genre/Form

1. Poetry.
2. Translations.

Contents

1. [Volume] I. On the spectacles ; Books I-V -- [volume] II. Books VI-X -- [volume] III. Books XI-XIV.

Call number

1. PA6156

Note

1. Translation of: Epigrammata.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

1. Latin and English on opposite pages; introduction and notes in English.

Author

1. Martial.

Title

1. Epigrams / Martial ; edited and translated by D.R. Shackleton Bailey.

Imprint

1. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1993.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Loeb classical library ; LCL 94-LCL 95, LCL 480
2. Loeb classical library ; 94-95, 480.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language

1. Latin and English on opposite pages; introduction and notes in English.

Added author

1. Shackleton Bailey, D. R. (David Roy), 1917-2005.

Other form:

1. Online version: Martial. Epigrammata. English. Epigrams. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1993 (OCoLC)646882520

LCCN

1. 92008234

ISBN

1. 9780674995550 (v. 1)
2. 0674995554 (v. 1)
3. 9780674995567 (v. 2)
4. 0674995562 (v. 2)
5. 9780674995291 (v. 3)
6. 0674995295 (v. 3)

Research call number

1. *R-RMRR PA6156 .M37
2. JFB 07-21