3. What Is a Book of Epigrams? (Martial’s Book 1)

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. Martial and the World of the Epigram 1
5. Excursus. Epigram at Rome 25
6. 2. Strategies of the Spectacle 34
7. 3. What Is a Book of Epigrams? (Martial’s Book 1) 68
8. 4. Juxtaposition: The Attraction of Opposites 106
9. 5. The Society of the Book 139
10. 6. Banalization and Redemption: Martial’s Catullus and Ovid; Burmeister’s Martial 167
11. Conclusion 197
12. Notes 201
13. Works Cited 237
14. Index of Epigrams 247
15. Index 251