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Martial, Book IV : a commentary /

"This volume is the first comprehensive commentary on the fourth book of Martial's epigrams. The introduction discusses its date of publication, major themes (Domitian, literature, death), the arrangement and form of the epigrams, and some issues concerning the transmission of the text. Of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moreno Soldevila, Rosario
Other Authors: Martial
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Latín
Published: Leiden : Brill, 2006.
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 278.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. The dating of Book IV
  • 2. Themes and topics
  • 3. The arrangement of the epigrams in book IV
  • 4. The form of the epigrams: structure, language, metrics
  • 5. The manuscript transmission of Martial: some issues relating to book IV
  • 6. This commentary
  • TEXT AND TRANSLATION
  • COMMENTARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • INDEX NOMINVM
  • INDEX VERBORVM
  • INDEX LOCORVM