{"product_id":"epigrams-volume-ii-hardcover-by-martial","title":"Epigrams, Volume II Hardcover by Martial","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eHarvard University Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(1993-01-05)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e416\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780674995567\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e567.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoetic concision in abundance.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was to  celebrate the opening of the Roman Colosseum in AD 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMartial  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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eD. R.  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eD. R. Shackleton Bailey was Pope Professor of Latin Language and Literature at Harvard University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554473758881,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780674995567","price":38.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780674995567.jpg?v=1781769839","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/epigrams-volume-ii-hardcover-by-martial","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}