Synopsis
""Select Epigrams of Martial: Spectaculorum Liber and Books I-IV"" is a book compiled by the renowned scholar Professor Lindsay. The book contains a selection of epigrams written by the ancient Roman poet Martial, including those from his Spectaculorum Liber and Books I-IV. Martial's epigrams are witty and satirical, often poking fun at the foibles and follies of Roman society. The book provides readers with a glimpse into the everyday life of ancient Rome and the social and cultural norms of the time. The epigrams cover a range of topics, from love and sex to politics and religion. Lindsay's introduction to the book offers valuable insights into the historical context of Martial's work and the significance of his poetry. The book is an excellent resource for students of classics and anyone interested in ancient Roman literature and culture.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Présentation de l'éditeur
This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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