Our next read, on June 16, are the Epigrams by Marcus Valerius Martialis aka Martial (Wikipedia, handle with care).
There are various print editions which you might find in your local library.
Online there are:
- The Epigrams at the Early Church Fathers site, as well as On the public shows of Domitian.
- At the Internet Archive
- Google Books
- Martial information at Ancient/Classical History at About.com.
- Another page about Martial: Translating Martial.
- JSTOR has a number of articles on the subject.
A book review of Martial’s Epigrams: A Selection (Gary Wills) in the New York Review of Books by Glenn Bowersock titled "Court Poet & Pornographer."
Marcial. Epigrammata. 1490.
Courtesy Wikimedia Commons
