Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-246) and indexes
Martial and the world of the epigram -- Epigram at Rome -- Strategies of the spectacle -- What is a book of epigrams? (Martial's book 1) -- Juxtaposition : the attraction of opposites -- The society of the book -- Banalization and redemption : Martial's Catullus and Ovid; Burmeister's Martial -- Conclusion