{"product_id":"epigrams-with-parallel-latin-text-9780199645459","title":"Epigrams: With Parallel Latin Text","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIf you're one of those terribly serious readers, now is a good time to leave.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poet we call Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis, lived by his wits in first-century Rome. Pounding the mean streets of the Empire's capital, he takes apart the pretensions, addictions, and cruelties of its inhabitants with perfect comic timing and killer punchlines. Social climbers and\u003cbr\u003esex-offenders, rogue traders and two-faced preachers - all are subject to his forensic annihilations and often foul-mouthed verses. Packed with incident and detail, Martial's epigrams bring Rome vividly to life in all its variety; biting satire rubs alongside tender friendship, lust for life beside\u003cbr\u003esorrow for loss. Gossipy, clever, and above all entertaining, they express amusement as much as indignation at the vices they expose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis selection brings Martial to a twenty-first century readership in a prose translation that pulls no punches and presents him in all his moods. It establishes his originality as a literary author, and the significance of his achievement as the poet who conquered epigram for Rome. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over 100 years \u003cem\u003eOxford World's Classics\u003c\/em\u003e has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading\u003cbr\u003eauthorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199645459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Martial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41334218227893,"sku":"9780199645459","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9645f5ee-ded7-4428-9f4a-fb68a3a2c1df.jpg?v=1636431354","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/epigrams-with-parallel-latin-text-9780199645459","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}