The Sixteen Satires by Peter Green, Juvenal, Wendell Vernon Clausen

252 pages first pub 127 (editions)

fiction classics poetry reflective slow-paced
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Perhaps more than any other writer, Juvenal (c. AD 55-138) captures the splendour, the squalor, and the sheer energy of everyday Roman life. In The Sixteen Satires he evokes a fascinating world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick ...

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challenging 100%
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funny 50%

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