{"product_id":"epigram-niall-livingstone-9780521145701","title":"Epigram","description":"This is an introduction to the ancient genre of epigram, short poems literally written or inscribed 'on' an object or figuratively 'on' a topic. The authors set out what epigram means and why it matters, exploring its roots in inscriptions on stone and its literary flourishing in the Hellenistic world after Alexander. They trace its migration from Greece to Rome, where its most famous exponent was Martial, and consider the continuation of Greek epigram under the Roman empire in the so-called 'Second Sophistic'. The final chapter shows how Greek epigram achieved new importance in the nineteenth century as raw material for stories about the classical past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Niall Livingstone, Gideon Nisbet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0521145708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780521145701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.11h x 6.35w x 0.34d","brand":"Niall Livingstone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46110634770687,"sku":"9780521145701","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a03f880c-2173-4dd2-8c30-4506aeafe114.jpg?v=1725469338","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/epigram-niall-livingstone-9780521145701","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}