The Sixteen Satires: Revised Edition by Juvenal (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Sixteen Satires by Juvenal, Peter Green 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An insight into the splendour, squalor and energy of everday Roman lifePerhaps 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, Juvenals powers of irony and invective make his work a stunningly satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society Notes New edition. Author Biography Little is known about Juvenals 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. Table of Contents PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITIONINTRODUCTIONSATIRE ISATIRE IISATIRE IIISATIRE IVSATIRE VSATIRE VISATIRE VIISATIRE VIIISATIRE IXSATIRE XSATIRE XISATIRE XIISATIRE XIIISATIRE XIVSATIRE XVSATIRE XVINOTESABBREVIATIONSSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX Details ISBN0140447040 Pages 320 Series Penguin Classics Language English Edition 3rd Translator Peter Green ISBN-10 0140447040 ISBN-13 9780140447040 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 871.01 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Latin Replaces 9780140441949 Birth 1924 Tag pengblackclassics Short Title 16 SATIRES REV/E 3/E Edition Description Revised Imprint Penguin Classics DOI 10.1604/9780140447040 Subtitle Revised Edition UK Release Date 1998-08-27 Author Peter Green Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 1998 Publication Date 1998-08-27 Alternative 9780141915012 Audience General NZ Release Date 1998-12-01 AU Release Date 1998-12-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:1283557;

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