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The Sixteen Satires by Juvenal

The traditional Roman world of literary histories and philosophies is far removed from that of Juvenal’s merciless Satires. Sleazy politicians, male prostitutes, drunken aristocrats and usurping underlings replace eloquent orators and legendary generals. Juvenal’s ironic and politically incorrect verse wages war against all that irks him in Roman society. Indeed, when considering a ‘flabby eunuch’ or a ‘country of mutton-heads’, he claims that it is harder to write satires.

Although little is known about Juvenal’s life, it is generally thought that these 16 surviving works were written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries, each castigating the perceived political and social stupidities of Imperial Rome. In his newly commissioned introduction, Simon Callow discusses his very personal connection with Juvenal as a fellow performer; how, like the greatest stand-up comics, Juvenal ‘seems to be in the middle of a conversation…his bottled rage suddenly erupting’. But within his seemingly uncontrolled diatribes, every barbed line is meticulously crafted, the comic timing precise, creating an effect that is not only deeply satisfying but also extremely funny. The subject matter is often controversial, even by modern standards, but the irreverent language is topical, reminiscent of today’s sharpest and most ruthless commentators.

This edition uses Peter Green’s revised translation of 1998, it closely mirrors not only the structure but also the volcanic fervour of the original Latin.

Features;

• Folio Society First Impression
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2014
• Quarter Bound Black Cloth Hardback, 268 pp
• Illustrated by David Hughes
• Size 235 x 165mm, 1kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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