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Juvenal's Satires create a fascinating (and immediately familiar) world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers

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... Read Full Overview

This edition of Juvenal's Satires includes the Latin text plus an informative and lively introduction and commentary.

" . . . gives us all sixteen of the satires in the tough, slashing manner of the original, unheard in Dryden and the few others who tried it." --Saturday Review

Juvenal was a Roman poet who lived in the 1st-2nd centuries AD, and he's best known for The Satires , which remain a seminal work in Western literature nearly 2,000 years later.

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This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Si Juvenal fut tres prompt a nous parler de ses contemporains, il fut plus discret quant a sa vie personnelle, et les biographies qui lui furent consacrees par la suite, aussi nombreuses que contestables, ne viennent que guere combler cette indigence. Tout au plus sait-on que... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview