The satires of Horace and Persius / a verse translation with an introduction and notes by Niall Rudd..
By: Horace.
Contributor(s): Persius Flaccus, Aulus. Satirae | Rudd, Niall,, tr.
Material type:
BookSeries: Penguin classics: Publisher: London : Penguin, 1973Description: [7], 193 p. ; 19 cm.ISBN: 0140442790.Uniform titles: Satirae. English Subject(s): Latin poetry -- Translations into English | Verse satire, Latin -- Translations into English
| Rome -- PoetryDDC classification: 871.0108 HOR
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 871.0108 HOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000019640 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 its history and social functions, and the craft required for its success. Both works have had a powerful influence on later western literature, inspiring poets from Ben Jonson and Alexander Pope to W. H. Auden and Robert Frost. The Satires of Persius (AD 34 62) are highly idiosyncratic, containing a courageous attack on the poetry and morals of his wealthy contemporaries even the ruling emperor, Nero.
Includes index..
Bibliography: p. 186-189..
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Persius was a native of Etruria and was educated in Rome, where he became Lucan's friend. He wrote six satires in a somewhat contorted style, which inculcate Stoic morality. His sanity and wit have direct appeal.(Bowker Author Biography)