"When Western culture says 'epigram', it usually means 'Martial' - whether it knows it or not. For poets and their readers after Martial, epigram was inescapably satirical. For students of antiquity, satirical epigram has remained synonymous with its Roman founder." "Yet Martial…
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Satirical, or 'skoptic', epigram emerged as a distinctive new sub-genre of Greek literature in the Roman Empire. In this book, Gideon Nisbet rehabilitates skoptic epigram, introduces its authors, gives an account of its development and situates it within its cultural context.
"When Western culture says 'epigram', it usually means 'Martial' - whether it knows it or not. For poets and their readers after Martial, epigram was inescapably satirical. For students of antiquity, satirical epigram has remained synonymous with its Roman founder." "Yet Martia…
"The Art of Complicity in Martial and Statius examines the relationship between politics and aesthetics in two poets from the reign of Domitian. Gunderson offers a comprehensive overview of the Epigrams of Martial and the Siluae of Statius. The praise of power found in these tex…
The Art of Complicity in Martial and Statius examines the relationship between politics and aesthetics in two poets from the reign of Domitian. Gunderson argues that power and politics are intimately involved in Latin praise poetry.
Epigrams V
by Howell, Peter, Martialis, Marcus Valerius
fromAris & Phillips Classical Texts
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The Roman poet Martial concentrated on the genre of epigram, which he brought to such perfection that he provided the model for subsequent epigrammatists. He is best known for his pungently witty poems, which gave the word 'epigram' its modern definition, but his range is much w…
The Roman poet Martial concentrated on the genre of epigram, which he brought to such perfection that he provided the model for subsequent epigrammatists. He is best known for his pungently witty poems, which gave the word 'epigram' its modern definition, but his range is much w…