Juvenal's Satires - With the Satires of Persius
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781443733366 (1443733369)
Publish date: November 4th 2008
Publisher: Pomona Press
Pages no: 252
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Humor,
Comedy,
Academic,
Literature,
Classic Literature,
Plays,
Drama,
College,
Poetry,
Ancient
This work is 16 satirical poems. My edition has an introduction by the translator that compares Juvenal to Dickens, which is a comparison that I find incredibly unhelpful. I don't think that I have ever read anything like them. They are basically angry rants, and have the nasty humor of a celebri...
Ornery old man takes on what's wrong with people of his days. Stunning are the similarities between what he's got to complain about and what one could rant about now. People are people, we don't change.