By Patricia Watson Abstract: Martial’s vibrant use of language is one of the most striking features of his epigrams. Here, Watson examines how his use of vocabulary, stylistic features, and innovative composition make…
By Patricia Larash Article in The Classical Outlook, vol. 85, no. 4, 2008, pp. 136–140. View on JSTOR
By Mira Seo Abstract: This article addresses the significance of plagiarism as a poetic theme in Martial’s “Epigrams”. Martial is the first classical poet to use the term plagiarius to refer to literary theft (“Ep.”…