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  • The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius

    Enriched edition. Literally translated into English prose, with notes, chronological tables, arguments, &c

    by Persius, Gaius Lucilius, Juvenal, Sulpicia, Cassia Vexley ...
    Translated by Lewis Evans, William Gifford ...
    In 'The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius,' readers are invited to journey through the rich tapestry of Roman satire, a genre that has shaped the contours of literary expression since antiquity. This anthology presents a striking array of works that capture the wit, irony, and critical eye turned towards society by these storied authors. From Persius's biting observations to the ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Satires of Horace and Persius

    by Horace, Persius ...
    Translated by Niall Rudd ...
    The Satires of Horace (65-8 BC), written in the troubled decade ending with the establishment of Augustus' regime, provide an amusing treatment of men's perennial enslavement to money, power, glory and sex. Epistles I, addressed to the poet's friends, deals with the problem of achieving contentment amid the complexities of urban life, while Epistles II and the Ars Poetica discuss Latin poetry - ... Read more

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  • The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Literally translated into English prose, with notes, chronological tables, arguments, &c

    by Persius, Gaius Lucilius, Juvenal, Sulpicia, Cooper White ...
    Translated by Lewis Evans, William Gifford ...
    The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius gathers a capacious tradition of Roman social criticism, from the fragmentary beginnings of Lucilian hexameter to the compressed moral intensity of Persius, the theatrical indignation of Juvenal, and the distinctive intervention attributed to Sulpicia. Its works range from invective, parody, and philosophical admonition to acute portraits of ... Read more

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  • The Greatest Classics of Roman Literature

    Epic, History, Philosophy, Satire, and the Voices of Republic and Empire

    by Plutarch, Livy, Suetonius, Tacitus, Polybius, Ammianus Marcellinus, Sallust, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome Augustus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger, Flavius Josephus, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Marcus Aurelius, Titus Lucretius Carus, Terence, Ovid, Horace, Virgil, Tibullus, Petronius Arbiter, Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, Lucilius, Lucius Apuleius ...
    The Greatest Classics of Roman Literature gathers the capacious record of Rome's imaginative, political, philosophical, and historical self-fashioning. Epic, lyric, elegy, satire, comedy, romance, oratory, memoir, technical prose, natural inquiry, biography, and historiography appear in illuminating proximity. Monumental narratives of foundation and empire stand beside intimate poems of desire, ... Read more

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  • The Classics of Ancient Rome: 30+ Masterpieces of Latin Literature

    Epic, Satire, History, Philosophy, and Politics from the Republic to the Empire

    by Ovid, Horace, Virgil, Plutarch, Livy, Suetonius, Tacitus, Polybius, Ammianus Marcellinus, Sallust, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome Augustus, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger, Flavius Josephus, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Marcus Aurelius, Titus Lucretius Carus, Terence, Tibullus, Petronius Arbiter, Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, Lucilius, Lucius Apuleius ...
    The Classics of Ancient Rome: 30+ Masterpieces of Latin Literature surveys the intellectual and imaginative range of Roman antiquity through epic, lyric, elegy, satire, drama, philosophy, oratory, biography, military writing, and historiography. Canonical poetic experiments stand alongside political speeches, imperial annals, and reflections on ethics, nature, and power. By placing works of ... Read more

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  • The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Literally translated into English prose, with notes, chronological tables, arguments, &c

    by Persius, Gaius Lucilius, Juvenal, Sulpicia, Nolan Langforde ...
    Translated by Lewis Evans, William Gifford ...
    The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius gathers a foundational spectrum of Roman satiric writing, tracing the genre's movement from republican moral commentary to imperial invective, philosophical compression, and urbane social critique. Its poems expose corruption, vanity, hypocrisy, sexual politics, patronage, literary pretension, and the anxieties of public life, while ranging ... Read more

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  • Delphi Complete Works of Persius (Illustrated)

    by Aulus Persius Flaccus, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 112 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    A first century Roman poet of Etruscan origin, Persius wrote polished satires that reveal his interest in Stoicism and a strong criticism for what he considered to be the stylistic abuses of his poetic contemporaries. Like Juvenal who would write half a century later, Persius was the heir to the style of Latin verse satire developed by Lucilius and Horace, which were clearly aimed at a ... Read more

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  • The Anatomy of Melancholy - The Original Classic Edition

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    Not simply an investigation into melancholy, these unique essays form part of a panoramic celebration of human behaviour from the time of the ancients to the Renaissance. God, devils, old age, diet, drunkenness, love and beauty are each given equal consideration in this all-encompassing examination of the human condition.Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed ... Read more

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  • Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)

    by Michel de Montaigne, Delphi Classics ...
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