Epigrams: With parallel Latin text

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Martial Gideon Nisbet (Reader in Classics, Reader in Classics, University of Birmingham)

Epigrams

With parallel Latin text

Martial, Gideon Nisbet (Reader in Classics, Reader in Classics, University of Birmingham)

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Worlds Classics
01 June 2015

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Poetry by individual poets; Classical history & classical civilisation

Series: Oxford World's Classics

'If you're one of those terribly serious readers, now is a good time to leave.' The poet we call Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis, lived by his wits in first-century Rome. Pounding the mean streets of the Empire's capital, he takes apart the pretensions, addictions, and cruelties of its inhabitants with perfect comic timing and killer punchlines. Social climbers and sex-offenders, rogue traders and two-faced preachers - all are subject to his forensic annihilations and often foul-mouthed verses. Packed with incident and detail, Martial's epigrams bring Rome vividly to life in all its variety; biting satire rubs alongside tender friendship, lust for life beside sorrow for loss. Gossipy, clever, and above all entertaining, they express amusement as much as indignation at the vices they expose. This selection brings Martial to a twenty-first century readership in a prose translation that pulls no punches and presents him in all his moods. It establishes his originality as a literary author, and the significance of his achievement as the poet who conquered epigram for Rome.

By: Martial
Translated by: Gideon Nisbet (Reader in Classics Reader in Classics University of Birmingham)
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 193mm, Width: 124mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 236g
ISBN: 9780199645459
ISBN 10: 0199645450
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 01 June 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gideon Nisbet has taught and researched the classical world and its reception at the Universities of Glasgow, Reading, Warwick, and Oxford, and is an expert in ancient epigram. His publications includes Greek Epigram in the Roman Empire: Martial's Forgotten Rivals (OUP, 2003), Greek Epigram in Reception (OUP, 2013) and the Greece and Rome New Survey, Epigram (CUP, 2010).

Reviews for Epigrams: With parallel Latin text

This translation is offering not only a reasonably comprehensive view of Martial's literary universe, but also a pleasant experience. Gideon Nisbet's version of Martial's Rome and Martial's world is enjoyable and lively. Carmen Fenechiu, Journal of Ancient History and Archeology