# Epigrams

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- Book: [Epigrams](https://www.bookquiver.com/marcus-valerius-martialis/epigrams) ([Epigrams.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/marcus-valerius-martialis/epigrams.md))
- Authors: [Marcus Valerius Martialis](https://www.bookquiver.com/marcus-valerius-martialis), [Shadi Bartsch](https://www.bookquiver.com/shadi-bartsch), [James Michie](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-michie)
- Publisher: modern_library
- ISBN: 978-03-7576-042-6
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2002-08-13
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Martial, the father of the epigram, was one of the brilliant provincial poets who made their literary mark on first-century Rome. His Epigrams can be affectionate or cruel, elegiac or playful; they target...