Description: Although both innovative and engaging, Book XIII of Martial's epigrams, the Xenia, has generally been neglected. As its name suggests, it is concerned with presents, in particular those given at the Saturnalia by hosts to their dinner guests. Like the Apophoreta, which Martial published next, it comprises independent poetic couplets cast as descriptive gift-tags.Far from being mere verse catalogues, however, these books are highly sophisticated literary compositions. Whereas the Apophoreta encompass many different items, the Xenia are devoted to food and drink, and are carefully ordered to reflect the courses of the cena at which they might have been distributed. This edition contains commentary devoted exclusively to the Xenia. Combining literary and textual comment with close attention to the social and cultural context, it will be valuable not only to specialists in Latin literature but also to anyone interested in the food and festivals of Ancient Rome.
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Publication Name: Martial XIII: The Xenia
Book Title: Martial Xiii: the Xenia
Title: Martial XIII: The Xenia
Contributor: T. J. Leary (Edited by)
Item Length: 9.2in
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication Year: 2016
EAN: 9781350005297
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781350005297
Release Year: 2016
Language: English
Item Height: 0.5in
ISBN-10: 1350005290
Author: T. J. Leary
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: Foreign Language Study, Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Fiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Topic: Classics, Latin, General, Ancient & Classical
Item Width: 6.1in
Item Weight: 11.4 Oz
Release Date: 09/22/2016
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
