Título: Epigrams Vol.1 - Books I-V
Autor: Martial
Sinopse: Written to celebrate the A.D. 80 opening of the Roman Colosseum, Martial's first book of poems, "On the Spectacles," tells of the shows in the new arena. The great Latin epigrammist's twelve subsequent books capture the spirit of Roman life in vividdetail. Fortune hunters and busybodies, orators and lawyers, schoolmasters and acrobats, doctors and plagiarists, beautiful slaves and generous hosts populate his witty verses. We glimpse here the theater, public games, life in the countryside, banquets, lions in the amphitheater, the eruption of Vesuvius. Martial's epigrams are sometimes obscene, sometimes affectionate and amusing, and always pointed. Like his contemporary Statius, though, Martial shamelessly flatters his patron Domitian, one of Rome's worst-reputed emperors. Acabamento: Hardcover. Peso: 491g. Dimensões: 23 x 16 x 1.
Contexto da obra
Dentro do catálogo, este livro pode ser situado a partir do tema, da autoria e da proposta editorial. “Epigrams Vol.1 – Books I-V”, de Martial, publicado pela editora Loeb Classical Library, em 1993 e com 440 páginas, integra a categoria Filosofia. Esse enquadramento pode tornar mais clara a proposta do livro e o tipo de interesse que ele costuma despertar.
Editora: Loeb Classical Library
Páginas: 440
Ano: 1993
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ISBN13: 9780674995550
