Martial, the Epigrammatist. Reprinted from the Sewanee Review for January, 1918 (Vol. XXVI, No. 1).

Language: English

Published by The University Press of Sewanee Tenessee.

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27 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Small annotation on front cover, slight damage to binding between pages visible, otherwise very good. / Kleine Anmerkung auf vorderem Deckel, leichte Beschädigung an Bindung zwischen den Seiten sichtbar, sonst sehr gut. - About twenty miles to the west of Saragossa, in that part of Spain now known as Aragon, there was in the first century after Christ a small country town which has since disappeared from the map. It was known as Bilbilis. The name is obviously unRoman, and, as a matter of fact, the place was no doubt a Celtiberian fortress as far back as the days when the Phoenician adventurers swept the seas and Rome herself was nothing but a small village on the bank of the Tiber. As befitted its origin Bilbilis was perched high up on the edge of beetling cliffs -- acutis Pendentem scopulis, as the Christian poet Paulinus of Nola described it. At the foot of the precipice ran the small but bustling stream of the Salo, the water of which was supposed to impart a sovereign temper to steel. For that reason the principal industry of the town was the manufacture of hardware,--for the most part, weapons of war. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.…

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Title
Martial, the Epigrammatist. Reprinted from the Sewanee Review for January, 1918 (Vol. XXVI, No. 1).
Author
Smith, Kirby Flower:
Publisher
The University Press of Sewanee Tenessee.
Condition
Sehr gut
Binding
Original softcover.
Language
English
Item weight
550 grams
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