Relihan uses alliteration and assonance, rhythm and rhyme, the
occasional archaism, the rare neologism, and devices of punctuation
and typography, to create a sparkling, luxurious, and readable
translation that reproduces something of the linguistic and comic
effects of the original Latin. The general Introduction is a
masterpiece of clarity, orienting the reader in matters of
authorship, narration, genre, religion, structure and style. A
generous and browsable index, select bibliography, and maps are
included.