Martial

Bog | int

Martial's Epigrams in their original Latin.

Bog | Engelsk

This selection includes 450 lines of Martial and 580 of Pliny the Younger. Edited with Introduction, Notes and Vocabulary by E. C. Kennedy, the introduction deals with scansion and gives an outline of Martial's life and this relations with Pliny. Thir

Bog | Engelsk

Poetic concision in abundance. It 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