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Record Nr.

UNISA996237747403316

Autore

Galán Vioque Guillermo

Titolo

Martial . Book VII : a commentary / / Guillermo Galán Vioque ; translated by J.J. Zoltowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston ; ; Köln : , : Brill, , [2002]

©2002

ISBN

90-04-35097-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (606 pages)

Collana

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; ; 226

Disciplina

878.0102

Soggetti

Epigrams, Latin - Criticism, Textual

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes Latin text of Epigrammata, Liber 7.

Enlargement of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Seville, 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-546) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / GUILLERMO GALÁN VIOQUE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION / GUILLERMO GALÁN VIOQUE -- M. VAL. MARTIALIS EPIGRAMMATON LIBER VII / GUILLERMO GALÁN VIOQUE -- COMMENTARY / GUILLERMO GALÁN VIOQUE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY / GUILLERMO GALÁN VIOQUE -- GENERAL INDEX / GUILLERMO GALÁN VIOQUE -- INDEX LOCORUM / GUILLERMO GALÁN VIOQUE -- INDEX NOMINUM / GUILLERMO GALÁN VIOQUE.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is the first comprehensive commentary on the seventh book of Martial's epigrams. The introduction discusses the date of publication of Martial’s books, the themes of the epigrams of book seven as well as the transmission of the text. The autor pays special attention to the adulation of Domitian in book seven, the satirization of lawyers, legacy-hunters, parasites and dinner-guests, and hetero- and homosexuality. The commentary, preceded by a revised edition of Shackleton Bailey’s Teubner edition (1990), focuses on literary, linguistic and metrical matters. Thematic relationships with other books of Martial and other Greek and Latin literature are highlighted. Attention is also paid to the use of recurrent motifs, obscene language, puns, double meanings and proper names.