DECII JUNII JUVENALIS AQUINATIS SATYRAE DECEM ET SEX. AULI PERSII FLACCI SATYRAE SEX.
by Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) & Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus)
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Charles Whittingham, at the Chiswick Press, London: 1845., 1845 4to. [272 x 215 mm.] (192p.). Each page framed in a red printed floral border. All edges gold. Riviere binding of calf is worn and now needs re-backing. ** Eton Prize Book (Swann, 1850). Decimus Juniu s Juvenalis (Circa: 55 - 130 A.D.) was one of the greatest of Roman satirists. Born in Aquinum, Italy, he served in Britain and in Egypt as tribune in the army. He is best known for sixteen splendid s atires in verse, dealing with life in the Roman era under Domitian and his successors. He affected the attitudes an angry Stoic moralist. He exposed unnatural vices; anguished over the misery of pover ty; fooled with the precarious life of courtiers and status-seekers; and condemned the extravagance of the ruling classes. His works are often bound with those of Aulus Persius Flaccus (34?62 A.D.), a nother Roman satirical poet who was greatly attached to the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Cornutus. His writings (only six short satires), exposed to censure the corruption and folly of contemporar y Roman life, contrasting it with the ideals of the Stoics and of earlier Rome. The text of this edition is quite beautifuly printed. W112 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.
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- DECII JUNII JUVENALIS AQUINATIS SATYRAE DECEM ET SEX. AULI PERSII FLACCI SATYRAE SEX.
- Author
- Juvenal (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) & Persius (Aulus Persius Flaccus)
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- Hardcover
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- Charles Whittingham, at the Chiswick Press, London: 1845.
- Date Published
- 1845
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- ANCIENT LITERATURE; ROME; LATIN; SATIRE; POETRY; CHISWICK PRESS; SCHOOL PRI ZE; 1845 TILLERS
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