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A full-length study of the Roman poet's life, times, art and the survival of his poetry up to the twentieth century. All aspects of Martial's epigrams are discussed and there is an evaluation of his poetic merits and faults, plus a history of his European admirers, translators, critics, and censors from the Renaissance to the present. All the Latin is translated.Sullivan, J. P. is the author of 'Martial: The Unexpected Classic' with ISBN 9780521264587 and ISBN 0521264588.
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