Juvenal And Persius Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Poetry

Mordant Verse Satire The Bite And Wit Of Two Antiquity’s Best Satirists Are Captured In This Loeb Classical Library Edition Persius (Ad 34–62) Juvenal (Writing About Sixty Years Later) Were Heirs To Style Latin Developed By Lucilius Horace A Tradition Mined Susanna Braund’s Introduction Notes Her Also Give Guidance Literary Historical Allusions That Pepper Persius’ Juvenal’s Satirical Poems—Which Clearly Aimed At Sophisticated Urban Audience Both Poets Adopt Mask An Angry Man Sharp Criticism Society Which They Live Is Combined With Flashes Sardonic Humor Their Satires Whether Targeting Common Uncommon Vices Foolishness Prayers Abuse Power Emperors Roman Elite Folly Depravity Wives Or Decadence Materialism Corruption Tone Generally One Righteous Indignation Seminal As Well Stellar Figures History Writing Especially Had Lasting Influence On English Writers Renaissance Succeeding Centuries Σελίδες: 560 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1025 Διαστάσεις: 10 8X10 8Cm