Martial and Pliny: Selections

Martial author EC Kennedy editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:27th Feb '98

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Includes 450 lines of Martial and 580 of Pliny the Younger, with an introduction on scansion and an outline of Martial's life and his relations with Pliny.

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. Thirty-three epigrams follow, arranged by their traditional numbering, with copious notes on each extract. The extracts from Pliny follow, covering topics such as the eruption of Vesuvius and the Christians in Bithynia.

ISBN: 9780862921668

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 162g

158 pages

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