Translation of the Latin and explanation of references ... "A meticulous, sophisticated, and humane treatment, designed for undergraduates, of Juvenal’s thought and poetic craft in his Satire 10". To ...

Little is known of Juvenal’s life beyond his satire. His name only appears once, in a poem written to him by his friend, Martial. It is believed that Juvenal was born to a prosperous family in ...

Conservative to a fault, Juvenal’s Satires rails against the rapid expansion and transformation ... idiosyncrasies of Juvenal’s verse and its handling in Peter Green’s translation, and how best to ...

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