The sixteen satires : translated with an introduction and notes by Peter Green (Record no. 21094)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780140441949 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 851 |
| Item number | JUV |
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| Item number | JUV |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Juvenal |
| Relator term | Author |
| 245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The sixteen satires : translated with an introduction and notes by Peter Green |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | penguin Books |
| Place of publication | Harmondsworth |
| Year of publication | 1967. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 317 pages ; |
| 490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Penguin classics. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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 lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers. A member of the traditional land-owning class that was rapidly seeing power slip into the hands of outsiders, Juvenal also creates savage portraits of decadent aristocrats - male and female - seeking excitement among the lower orders of actors and gladiators, and of the jumped-up sons of newly-rich former slaves. Constantly comparing the corruption of his own generation with its stern and upright forebears, Juvenal's powers of irony and invective make his work a stunningly satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Verse satire, Latin -- Translations into English. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Lending Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Stacks | 19/04/2022 | Purchased | 191.25 | 851 JUV | 002816 | Lending Books |