The Satires of Persius by William Barr, Guy Lee

The Satires of Persius

Latin and Greek Texts

William Barr, Guy Lee

177 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics 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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