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Epigrams, Volume I
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Series: Loeb Classical Library
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This edition is ideal for readers interested in classical literature, Roman history, and poetry enthusiasts seeking a reliable and scholarly translation of Martial’s epigrams.
In his epigrams, Martial is a keen, sharp-tongued observer of Roman scenes and events, including the new Colosseum, country life, a debauchee’s banquet, and the eruption of Vesuvius. His poems are sometimes obscene, in the tradition of the genre, sometimes affectionate or amusing, and always pointed.
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Written to celebrate the 80 CE opening of the Roman Colosseum, Martial's first book of poems, Epigrams, Volume I, 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.
We 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.
Shackleton 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 Classical Review.
These volumes replace the earlier Loeb edition with translation by Walter C. A. Ker (1919).
Series: Loeb Classical Library
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Shackleton Bailey's translation is acclaimed for its clarity and accuracy, becoming the preferred edition for both general readers and scholars. Classical Review praises it as a remarkable achievement and the essential reference for Martial's work, while New Criterion highlights its faithful rendering of challenging Latin text, enhancing understanding of Martial in English poetry.
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ISBN: 9780674995550
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 January 1993
Country: United States
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Contributors:
- Edited and translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey
- Edited and translated by D. R. Shackleton Bailey
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 108.0mm
Height: 162.0mm
Weight: 318g
Pages: 416
About the Author
D. R. Shackleton Bailey was Pope Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Harvard University.
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