Martial: Liber Spectaculorum

by Coleman, Kathleen M.

• ISBN13: 9780198144816
• ISBN10: 0198144814
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-12-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This book is the first full-scale edition of the so-called Liber spectaculorum by Martial. A comprehensive introduction addresses the role of epigram in commemorating monuments and occasions, the connection between spectacle and imperial panegyric in Martial's oeuvre, characteristics of thecollection, possible circumstances of composition and 'publication', transmission of the text, and related issues. Each epigram is followed by an apparatus criticus, an English translation, and a detailed commentary on linguistic, literary, and historical matters, adducing extensive evidence fromepigraphy and art as well as literary sources. The book is accompanied by four concordances, five tables, two maps, 30 plates, and an appendix.

Author Biography

Kathleen M. Coleman is Professor of Latin at Harvard University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	x
List of Tables	xii
Abbreviations	xiii
Editions, Commentaries, and Translations Cited	xvi
General Introduction	xix
The Numbering in this Edition	xx
The Transmission of the Text	xxi
Title	xxv
Headings	xxix
Scope and Characteristics of the Transmitted Collection	xxxiii
The Identity of `Caesar'	xlv
The Flavian Amphitheatre	lxv
Spectacle and the Imperial Image	lxxii
Monuments and Occasions as a Theme in Epigram	lxxvi
Spectacle and Imperial Panegyric in Martial's Oeuvre	lxxix
The Author and his Book	lxxxi
A Humanist Legacy: The Cornu copiae of Niccolo Perotti	lxxxv
Sigla	lxxxvii
Editorial Note	lxxxvii
Text, Translation, and Commentary	1	(266)
Appendix: The Source of the Nile	267	(4)
Concordances	271	(6)
Bibliography	277	(28)
Index Verborum	305	(3)
Index Nominum et Rerum	308