Epigrams, Volume III

Name: Epigrams, Volume III
Brand: Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press

Epigrams Volume III\nby Martial\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Martial\nTitle: Epigrams Volume III\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literary essays\nPublisher: Harvard University Press\nPublication year: 1993\nISBN-13: 9780674995291\nISBN-10: 0674995295\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nIn his epigrams, Martial is a keen, sharp-tongued observer of Roman scenes and events, including the new Colosseum, country life, a debauchee\u2019s banquet, and the eruption of Vesuvius. His poems are sometimes obscene, in the tradition of the genre, sometimes affectionate or amusing, and always pointed.\n\nIn his epigrams, Martial is a keen, sharp-tongued observer of Roman scenes and events, including the new Colosseum, country li.