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Martial: Select EpigramsCambridge Greek and Latin Classics Despite his enduring popularity, Martial has recently suffered from serious critical neglect. The present work is the first edition of selections from Martial to be published for decades, and includes a fully representative selection of the oeuvre of the poet, who has often been criticised, unfairly, the authors argue, for obscenity and flattery of the Emperor Domitian. The epigrams included in the selection are

Hecuba is suitable for students of both Classical Civilisation and Drama

and to interpret Book III in relation to the rest of De Oratore and to Cicero's other works

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not to mention artful technical descriptions that lack parallels in the Roman republic

Στα δεξιά του κάθισε μια χαριτωμένη νεαρή γυναίκα

the most influential of the novels in antiquity

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Reviel Netz exploits the mathematicians' practices in the construction and lettering of their diagrams

where he falls tragically in love with Queen Dido

she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses

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