A Companion to Persius and Juvenal |
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| Editor:
| Braund, Susanna
Osgood, Josiah |
| Series title: | Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4051-9965-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2012 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $289.95 |
Book Description:
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Satire, written in the verse of heroic epic but focused on the evils of contemporary society, was ancient Rome′s original contribution to world literature. Two great practitioners of this art, Persius and Juvenal, wrote under the early emperors. Inspired by their Republican predecessors, both radically reinvented the genre.
Satire, written in the verse of heroic epic but focused on the evils of contemporary society, was ancient Rome′s original contribution to world literature. Two great practitioners of this art, Persius and Juvenal, wrote under the early emperors. Inspired by their Republican predecessors, both radically reinvented the genre.