SatiresIn the ancient world, the Satires belonged to a small class of works which remained in constant circulation. They were read in the schools, were commented upon by scholars, and were forever the subject of controversy. This translation boasts several advantages over previous English versions : it is the work of a poet rather than a Latinist, and it offers a faithful rendering of Persius' franker passages which the Victorians never dared to translate fully. |
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Agrippina Alcibiades allusion assume attack biography Caecina Paetus Caesius Bassus Calliroe centurion century B.C. choliambic Chrysippus Claudius constitute contemporary Cornutus court poets criticism death diction ears Ennius epic poets Etruscan faults fool freedmen gods Greek heart heir hellebore hexameter Horace's ideal inspiration Italy Jupiter Juvenal language Latin literature liberty lines literary live Lucan Lucilian Lucilius Lucilius and Horace luxury Lycophron lyric Macrinus mankind master mellifluous metaphor mind moral mouth Nero Nero's Neronian never Pacuvius Paetus Thrasea Pedius Persius phrases poem poetic poetry political possess prayers predecessors Program Satire Prologue pupil reader Rolfe Humphries Roman satire Rome Romulus Satires SATIRES OF PERSIUS satirist satura scholars seems Seneca sius slave Socrates soul stick Stoic Stoicism stupid style symbol tastes tell theme there's Thyestes tion translated by W. S. truth tutor typical verse W. S. MERWIN words write young