A Companion to Persius and Juvenal
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Satire, written in the verse of heroic epic but focused on the evils of contemporary society, was ancient Rome s original contribution to world literature. Two great practitioners of this art, Persius and Juvenal, wrote under the early emperors. Inspired by their Republican predecessors, both radically reinvented the genre.
A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives on their work, and provide an in-depth exploration of Persius and Juvenal s…mehr

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Satire, written in the verse of heroic epic but focused on the evils of contemporary society, was ancient Rome s original contribution to world literature. Two great practitioners of this art, Persius and Juvenal, wrote under the early emperors. Inspired by their Republican predecessors, both radically reinvented the genre.
A Companion to Persius and Juvenal breaks new ground in its in-depth focus on both authors as "satiric successors"; detailed individual contributions suggest original perspectives on their work, and provide an in-depth exploration of Persius and Juvenal s afterlives.

Provides detailed and up-to-date guidance on the texts and contexts of Persius and Juvenal
Offers substantial discussion of the reception of both authors, reflecting some of the most innovative work being done in contemporary Classics
Contains a thorough exploration of Persius and Juvenal s afterlives
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Autorenporträt
Susanna Braund is Professor of Latin Poetry and its Reception at the University of British Columbia. She is the author of Latin Literature (2002), a major edition of Seneca's De Clementia (2009), and translator of A Lucan Reader. Selections from Civil War (2009). Josiah Osgood is Professor of Classics at Georgetown University. He is author of Caesar's Legacy: Civil War and the Emergence of the Roman Empire (2006), Claudius Caesar: Image and Power in the Early Roman Empire (2011), and A Suetonius Reader (2011).