Satires. Book 1
Satire was a genre of poetry invented by the Romans. When Juvenal began to use it in his writings, he stamped his mark of indignation upon it. Braund places Juvenal within the genre of satire, and illuminates his appropriation of the grand style of declamatory rhetoric and epic poetry
Poetry
viii, 323 pages ; 19 cm.
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Introduction
Juvenal and satire
The genre of Roman verse satire
The origins of Roman satire
Juvenal's predecessors
Juvenal's life
The characteristics of Juvenal's satire
Juvenal's style
Juvenal's metre
An overview of Book I
Juvenal and his influence from antiquity to the present
Text and manuscripts
D. IVNII IVVENALIS SATVRAE LIBER PRIMVS
Commentary
Text in Latin with pref., introd., and commentary in English