Juvenal : Satires. Book III / edited with a translation and commentary by John Godwin. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Godwin, John, 1955- editor, translator.

Series:

Aris & Phillips classical texts.

Liverpool scholarship online.

Aris & Phillips classical texts

Liverpool scholarship online

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Juvenal--Translations into English.

Juvenal.

Juvenal--Criticism and interpretation.

Verse satire, Latin--Translations into English.

Verse satire, Latin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 pages)

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2022.

Language Note:

English translation and notes with original Latin text.

Summary:

The three poems (Satires 7, 8 and 9) that comprise Book 3 of the Satires form a brilliant collection, displaying Juvenal at the height of his powers and in the full breadth of his interests. Satire 7 takes a jaundiced look at intellectual life in Rome, bemoaning the financial poverty which is the lot of the writer, the lawyer and the teacher in an age where patrons may shower them with praise but rarely with cash. Satire 8 is an excoriating account of the old 'noble' families and how their current representatives are anything but noble in their behaviour both at home and in the provinces. The scandalous Satire 9 returns to the theme of patronage in a superbly acid dialogue with a certain Naevolus who has served his patron sexually and who now complains of the poor returns for his extensive and energetic labours.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 14, 2022).

Contains:

Juvenal. Satura 7.

Juvenal. Satura 8.

Juvenal. Satura 9.

Other Format:

Print version: Godwin, John Juvenal Satires Book III

ISBN:

1-80085-370-X

1-80085-487-0