Satires by Persius
This classic edition, reissued here, was based on lectures delivered by John Connington during his tenure of the chair of Latin at Oxford in the middle years of the 19th century. Edited after his death, the book has been accepted as the definitive work on Persius.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus was born in 6 B.C. at Venusia in Apulia. His father, though once a slave, had made enough money as an auctioneer to send his son to a well-known school in Rome and subsequently to university in Athens. There Horace joined Brutus' army and served on his staff until the defeat at Philippi in 42 BC. On returning to Rome, he found that his father was dead and his property had been confiscated, but he succeeded in obtaining a secretarial post in the treasury, which gave him enough to live on. The poetry he wrote in the next few years impressed Virgil, who introduced him to the great patron Maecenas in 38 BC. This event marked the beginning of a life-long friendship. From now on Horace had no financial worries; he moved freely among the leading poets and statesmen of Rome; his work was admired by Augustus, and indeed after Virgil's death in 19 BC he was virtually Poet Laureate. Horace died in 8 BC, only a few months after Maecenas. Aules Persius Flaccus was born in AD 34 in Etruria. Rich and well connected, he knew Lucan, Thrasea Paetus, and other members of the opposition to Nero's rule. His friendship with the philosopher Cornutus began when he was sixteen and remained a strong influence until his death at the age of twenty-seven. Although the satires are concerned with moral questions-- a fact which endeared Persius to the Church Fathers and won him admiration in the Middle Ages and Renaissance-- their main interest for us lies in their condensed, allusive, and highly metaphorical style.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781853995729 |
| ISBN 10 | 185399572X |
| Title | Satires |
| Author | Persius |
| Series | Bcp Classic Commentaries On Greek And Latin Texts |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1998-09-24 |
| Number of pages | 172 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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