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Martial's Epigrams

A Selection

A Selection

By Garry Wills

By Garry Wills

By Garry Wills

By Garry Wills

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Oct 27, 2009 | ISBN 9780143116271

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Oct 30, 2008 | ISBN 9781440633287

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    About Martial’s Epigrams

    One of literature’s greatest satirists, Martial earned his livelihood by excoriating the follies and vices of Roman society and its emperors, and set a pattern that satirists have admired across the ages. For the first time, readers can enjoy an English translation of these rhymes that does not sacrifice the cleverly constructed effects of Martial’s short and shapely thrusts. Martial’s Epigrams “bespeaks a great scholar at play” (The New York Times Book Review), makes for addictive reading, and is a perfect, if naughty, gift.

    Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur’an Meant, coming fall 2017.

    About Martial’s Epigrams

    One of literature’s greatest satirists, Martial earned his livelihood by excoriating the follies and vices of Roman society and its emperors, and set a pattern that satirists have admired across the ages. For the first time, readers can enjoy an English translation of these rhymes that does not sacrifice the cleverly constructed effects of Martial’s short and shapely thrusts. Martial’s Epigrams “bespeaks a great scholar at play” (The New York Times Book Review), makes for addictive reading, and is a perfect, if naughty, gift.

    Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur’an Meant, coming fall 2017.

    Also by Garry Wills

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    See all books by Garry Wills

    Also by Garry Wills

    What the Qur'an Meant
    Inventing America
    The Future of the Catholic Church with Pope Francis
    Why Priests?
    Verdi's Shakespeare
    See all books by Garry Wills

    About Garry Wills

    Garry Wills is a historian and the author of the New York Times bestsellers What Jesus Meant, Papal Sin, and Why Priests?, among others. A frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books and other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University…. More about Garry Wills

    About Garry Wills

    Garry Wills is a historian and the author of the New York Times bestsellers What Jesus Meant, Papal Sin, and Why Priests?, among others. A frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books and other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University…. More about Garry Wills

    Product Details

    Category: Poetry | Essays & Literary Collections | Humor

    Paperback | $24.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Oct 27, 2009 | 224 Pages | 5 x 7-1/8 | ISBN 9780143116271

    Category: Poetry | Essays & Literary Collections | Humor

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Oct 30, 2008 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9781440633287

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    Praise

    “This collection bespeaks a great scholar at play. Recreational classicists should feel flattered that [Wills] wants them to watch.”
    —The New York Times Book Review

    “Funny, wicked, and fresh, these epigrams . . . will give the reader plenty of smiles.”
    —The Philadelphia Inquirer 

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