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A Prosopography to Martial's Epigrams (Hardcover)
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A Prosopography to Martial's Epigrams (Hardcover)
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A Prosopography to Martial's Epigrams is the first dictionary of
all the characters and personal names found in the work of Marcus
Valerius Martialis, containing nearly 1,000 comprehensive entries.
Each of them compiles and analyses all the relevant information
regarding the characters themselves, as well as the literary
implications of their presence in Martial's poems. Unlike other
works of this kind, the book encompasses not only real people,
whose positive existence is beyond doubt, but also fictional
characters invented by the poet or inherited from the cultural and
literary tradition. Its entries provide the passages of the
epigrams where the respective characters appear; the general
category to which they belong; the full name (in the case of
historical characters); onomastic information, especially about
frequency, meaning, and etymology; other literary or epigraphical
sources; a prosopographical sketch; a discussion of relevant
manuscript variants; and a bibliography. Much attention is paid to
the literary portrayal of each character and the poetic usages of
their names. This reference work is a much needed tool and is
intended as a stimulus for further research.
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