Juvenal and Persius / edited and translated by Susanna Morton Braund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Juvenal, author.

Persius, author.

Contributor:

Braund, Susanna Morton, editor, translator.

Series:

Loeb classical library ; 91.

Loeb Classical Library ; 91

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Juvenal--Translations into English.

Juvenal.

Persius--Translations into English.

Persius.

Verse satire, Latin--Translations into English.

Verse satire, Latin.

Rome--Poetry.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Genre:

Poetry.

Humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Digital Loeb.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

Text in Latin with English translation on facing pages.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

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. The bite and wit of two of antiquity's best satirists are captured here in a new Loeb Classical Library edition, a vivid and vigorous translation facing the Latin text. Persius (34-62 CE) and Juvenal (writing maybe 60 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's 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.

Notes:

Includes indexes.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Juvenal. Juvenal and Persius.

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