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This volume is the first comprehensive commentary on the seventh book of Martial's epigrams. The introduction discusses the date of publication of Martial s books, the themes of the epigrams of book seven as well as the transmission of the text. The autor pays special attention to the adulation of Domitian in book seven, the satirization of lawyers, legacy-hunters, parasites and dinner-guests, and hetero- and homosexuality. The commentary, preceded by a revised edition of Shackleton Bailey s Teubner edition (1990), focuses on literary, linguistic and metrical matters. Thematic relationships with other books of Martial and other Greek and Latin literature are highlighted. Attention is also paid to the use of recurrent motifs, obscene language, puns, double meanings and proper names."
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MARTIAL, BOOK VII A COMMENTARY
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Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnalnne Galim Vioque, Guillermo: Martial, book VII. a commentary / by Guillermo Galan Vioque. Tr. by JJ. Zoltowski.~ Leiden ; Boston; Koln: Brill, 2002 (Mnemosyne : Supplementum ; Vo!. 226) ISBN 90-04-12338-5
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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Introduction 1. The dating of book 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. The epigrams of book 7: subject-matter and ordering 3. Transmission of the epigrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. The present commentary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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Commentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
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Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521 Indices General Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547 Index Locorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555 Index Nominum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The present work originated as a doctoral thesis presented in the Faculty of Philology of the University of Seville. I would like to express my debt and gratitude to my mentors, Professors Antonio Ramfrez de Verger and Juan Fernandez Valverde, who helped me not only with their Classical learning, but also with their reliance and example. Gratitude is also due to the members of the examining tribunal, who made perceptive corrections and valuable suggestions. I should also mention my debt to my friend and colleague Dr. Fernando Navarro Antolfn, as well as to Sven Lorenz, who read through the whole work in the final stages. I am also very grateful to all my colleagues and students at the University of Huelva, to the professors of the Department of G