Bite and wit characterize two seminal and stellar authors in the history of satirical writing, Persius (34 62 CE) and Juvenal (writing about sixty years later). The latter especially had a lasting influence on English writers of the Renaissance and succeeding centuries. Translator(s): Braund, Professor Susanna Morton. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 116 x 33. Weight in Grams: 408. . 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Juvenal and Persius (Loeb Classical Library)
Publisher: Loeb Classical Library
Publication Date: 2004
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0674996127
ISBN 13: 9780674996120
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Mordant verse satire.

The bite and wit of two of antiquity’s best satirists are captured in this Loeb Classical Library edition.

Persius (AD 34–62) and Juvenal (writing about sixty years later) were heirs to the style of Latin verse satire developed by Lucilius and Horace, a tradition mined in Susanna Braund’s introduction and notes. Her notes also give guidance to the literary and historical allusions that pepper Persius’ and Juvenal’s satirical poems―which were clearly aimed at a sophisticated urban audience. Both poets adopt the mask of an angry man, and sharp criticism of the society in which they live is combined with flashes of sardonic humor in their satires. Whether targeting common and uncommon vices, the foolishness of prayers, the abuse of power by emperors and the Roman elite, the folly and depravity of Roman wives, or decadence, materialism, and corruption, their tone is generally one of righteous indignation.

Juvenal and Persius are seminal as well as stellar figures in the history of satirical writing. Juvenal especially had a lasting influence on English writers of the Renaissance and succeeding centuries.

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Susanna Morton Braund is Professor of Latin Poetry and its Reception at the University of British Columbia.

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