The Satires of Persius: Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary by William Barr, Guy Lee
The Satires of Persius: Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary
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William Barr, Guy Lee
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The Satires of Persius: Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary

Latin and Greek Texts

William Barr, Guy Lee

177 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history poetry reflective slow-paced
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Aulus Persius Flaccus (A.D. 34-62) wrote in racy conversational Latin six satires countering contemporary vice with Stoic morality; he died young. This is not easy poetry, with its sudden shifts of tone, switches of speaker and situation, vivid ev...

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