The SatiresOxford University Press, 1992 - 250 páginas Commonly considered the greatest of Roman satirical poets, Juvenal is the author of sixteen satires of Roman society, notable for their pessimism and ironic humor. In this new translation of the Satires, Professor Rudd combines textual accuracy with colorful poetry, vividly conveying Juvenal's gift for evoking a wealth of imagery with a few economical phrases. |
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... senate lays down , what honours await the good , how just was the bolt which blasted Tutor and Capito , Cilicia's pirates , down to ruin , when the senate condemned them . Yet what was gained by their condemnation ? Find an auctioneer ...
... senate lays down , what honours await the good , how just was the bolt which blasted Tutor and Capito , Cilicia's pirates , down to ruin , when the senate condemned them . Yet what was gained by their condemnation ? Find an auctioneer ...
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... Senate for its neglect of his interests . Some prefer to equate Ajax with the dead Sejanus , and to interpret ut male defensus as ' for being ill - advisedly supported ' . 93 Tiberius on Capri ( the name is derived from the word for ...
... Senate for its neglect of his interests . Some prefer to equate Ajax with the dead Sejanus , and to interpret ut male defensus as ' for being ill - advisedly supported ' . 93 Tiberius on Capri ( the name is derived from the word for ...
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... senate . He retired voluntarily from office in 79 . SYENE 11. 124 , a frontier post on the Nile , now Aswan . SYGAMBRI 4. 147 , a tribe to the east of the lower Rhine . SYPHAX 6. 170 , a Numidian prince , allied to Hannibal , who was ...
... senate . He retired voluntarily from office in 79 . SYENE 11. 124 , a frontier post on the Nile , now Aswan . SYGAMBRI 4. 147 , a tribe to the east of the lower Rhine . SYPHAX 6. 170 , a Numidian prince , allied to Hannibal , who was ...
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Why Write Satire? | 3 |
Hypocritical Perverts | 9 |
The Evils of the Big City | 15 |
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