The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius: Enriched edition. Literally translated into English prose, with notes, chronological tables, arguments, &c

by Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia

The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius is a compilation of satires by Latin authors, written in the early 2nd century. They convey a wide-ranging discussion of society and social norms.

Genres: Classics

849 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 20, 2019

About the author

Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, known commonly by the shortened Anglicized version of his name Juvenal, was a Roman poet of the late first and early second centuries AD/CE. He is the author of The Satires, a series of sixteen short poems in dactylic hexameter on a variety of subjects.

Date of birth: ca. 55 A.D.
Date of death: ca. 138 A.D.

Reviews

[Robert Kleinberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

An outstanding, meticulously prepared edition of the "Satires", actually short sharp essays, of Juvenal, Perseus, Sulpicia (a lady), and Lucilius (fragments only, not much coherence). Extremely informative introductions, summaries and footnotes. Juvenal and Perseus are given in two translations, including rhyming poetic versions done by William Gifford which are amazingly crisp and readable.

From the footnotes alone one can learn much about daily life in ancient Rome.

Juvenal's writings center on virtue: what it means, and how it is commonly neglected by citizens of every class. As relevant today as 2,000 years ago.

The above is a review of the Bohn's Classical Library edition of the book, published in 1914.

[ExMachina · Rating 5 out of 5]

The greatest translations of these great figures.