Epigram

• The Epigram is a Literary Device developed by the Ancient Greeks.
• It consists of a short sentence containing a satyrical or surprising statement.

The Epigrams of Martial

• Martial (40-104 CE) was a Poet during the early Roman Empire, who is considered to have been the Master of the modern Epigram.
• He developed them as Satyrical Poems with a joke in the last line.