{"title":"Martial","description":"\u003cp\u003eMartial's works offer sharp, witty insights into the social and cultural life of ancient Rome, with a particular focus on the art of the epigram. Readers can expect a masterclass in brevity, where each piece delivers a potent mix of humour, satire, and keen observation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerfect for those fascinated by \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Martial's writings reveal the timeless nature of human follies and virtues, framed with elegance and spirited wit. His epigrams remain a vital window into classical literary tradition and social commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"epigrams-volume-i-by-martial-9780674995550","title":"Epigrams, Volume I","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten to celebrate the 80 CE opening of the Roman Colosseum, Martial's first book of poems, \u003cem\u003eEpigrams, Volume I\u003c\/em\u003e, tells of the shows in the new arena. The great Latin epigrammist's twelve subsequent books capture the spirit of Roman life in vivid detail. Fortune hunters and busybodies, orators and lawyers, schoolmasters and acrobats, doctors and plagiarists, beautiful slaves and generous hosts populate his witty verses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe glimpse here the theatre, public games, life in the countryside, banquets, lions in the amphitheatre, and the eruption of Vesuvius. Martial's epigrams are sometimes obscene, sometimes affectionate and amusing, and always pointed. Like his contemporary Statius, however, Martial shamelessly flatters his patron Domitian, one of Rome's worst-reputed emperors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShackleton Bailey's translation of Martial's often difficult Latin eliminates many misunderstandings in previous versions. The text is mainly that of his highly praised Teubner edition of 1990, which R. G. M. Nisbet described as \"greatly superior to its predecessors\" in \u003cem\u003eClassical Review\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese volumes replace the earlier Loeb edition with translation by Walter C. A. Ker (1919).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470541734124,"sku":"9780674995550","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674995550-epigrams-volume-i.jpg?v=1775221125"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/martial.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}