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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-25 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Language: en
Pages: 452
Pages: 452
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-04-18 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
Greek epigram is a remarkable poetic form. The briefest of all ancient Greek genres, it is also the most resilient: for almost a thousand years it attracted som
Language: en
Pages: 256
Pages: 256
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-03 - Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
This lively translation accurately captures the wit and uncensored bawdiness of the epigrams of Martial, who satirized Roman society, both high and low, in the
Language: en
Pages: 296
Pages: 296
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-01-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Thousands of Greek verse epitaphs, covering a millennium of history, survive inscribed or painted on stone. These largely anonymous poems shed rich light on are
Language: en
Pages: 508
Pages: 508
Type: BOOK - Published: - Publisher: CUP Archive