Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Note on Translation xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Imitations of Martial: Antonio Beccadelli’s Hermaphroditus 21
7. 2 Endless Commentary: Perotti’s Cornucopiae 47
8. 3 Varieties of Sexual Activity in Martial and the Joint Commentary 66
9. 4 How Ben Jonson Read His Martial 108
10. 5 Martial Castrated: Early Modern Censorship of Martial 135
11. Appendix: Fifteenth-Century Editions of Martial’s Epigrams 173
12. Notes 175
13. Bibliography 235
14. Index of Martial Epigrams Discussed 243
15. Index 245