Martial'S Epigrams
A Selection
$38.99
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
27 October 2009
Summary
One of literature’s greatest satirists, Martial earned his livelihood by excoriating the follies and vices of Roman society and its emperors, and set a pattern that satirists have admired across the ages. For the first time, readers can enjoy an English translation of these rhymes that does not sacrifice the cleverly constructed effects of Martial’s short and shapely thrusts. Martial’s Epigrams “bespeaks a great scholar at play” (The New York Times Book Review), makes for addictive reading, a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143116271 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143116274 |
| Author: | Garry Wills, Martial |
| Publisher: | J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S. |
| Imprint: | J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 27 October 2009 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 184mm x 128mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
Funny, wicked, and fresh, these epigrams … will give the reader plenty of smiles.
“This collection bespeaks a great scholar at play. Recreational classicists should feel flattered that [Wills] wants them to watch.”
–The New York Times Book Review
“Funny, wicked, and fresh, these epigrams … will give the reader plenty of smiles.”
–The Philadelphia Inquirer
About The Author
Garry Wills
Garry Willsis a historian and the author of theNew York TimesbestsellersWhat Jesus Meant,Papal Sin,Why I Am a Catholic, andWhy Priests?,among others. A frequent contributor totheNew York Review of Booksand other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.
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