The Sixteen Satires

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The Sixteen Satires by Juvenal is a collection of poetic and satirical works that provide a sharp critique of Roman society. Through a range of biting and humorous observations, Juvenal comments on various aspects of life in ancient Rome, including politics, social classes, and moral decay. His insightful and often scathing commentary exposes the follies and vices of his time with wit and eloquence.
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You might enjoy this book if you have an interest in classical literature and satirical commentary on Roman society, politics, and human behaviour. Its sharp humour and vivid portrayal of ancient Rome offer insights into the cultural and social norms of the time, making it a fascinating read for those intrigued by history and the arts.

The Sixteen Satires

Offers satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society. This work draws forth a world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers. It portraits of decadent aristocrats - male and female - and the jumped-up sons of newly-rich former slaves.

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An insight into the splendour, squalor and energy of everyday Roman life.

Perhaps more than any other writer, Juvenal (c. AD 55-138) captures the splendour, the squalor and the sheer energy of everyday Roman life. In The Sixteen Satires, he evokes a fascinating world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers.

A member of the traditional land-owning class that was rapidly seeing power slip into the hands of outsiders, Juvenal also creates savage portraits of decadent aristocrats—male and female—seeking excitement among the lower orders of actors and gladiators, and of the jumped-up sons of newly-rich former slaves.

Constantly comparing the corruption of his own generation with its stern and upright forebears, Juvenal's powers of irony and invective make his work a stunningly satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780140447040

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 August 1998

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

Translated by Peter Green
Introduction by Peter Green
Notes by Peter Green

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 320

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Juvenal Non-Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics

About the Author

Little is known about Juvenal's life (A.D. 55 - 140) except that his satirical sketches caused much controversy and resulted in him being exiled from his home country for a period of years. Peter Green was Director of Studies in Classics at Cambridge and then worked for a number of years as a freelance writer, translator and journalist. In 1963 he emigrated to Greece and lectured in Greek history and literature at Athens from 1966 to 1971. He is now Dougherty Centennial Professor of Classics at University of Texas, Austin.