Martial and obscene language
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2015 · Education
Gideon Nisbet discusses why Martial often uses obscene language in his Epigrams. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199645459.do Gideon Nisbet has taught and researched the classical world and its reception at the Universities of Glasgow, Reading, Warwick, and Oxford, and is an expert in ancient epigram. His publications includes Greek Epigram in the Roman Empire: Martial's Forgotten Rivals (OUP, 2003) and Greek Epigram in Reception (OUP, 2013) © Oxford University Press
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