Selections from the Satires of Juvenal: To which is Added the Fifth Satire of PersiusEldredge & brother, 1880 - 286 pages |
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Page 5
... born , possibly at Aquinum in Latium , about the beginning of Nero's reign , that is soon after A. D. 54 , of respectable parents , his father being a rich libertinus , and he himself therefore ingenuus . He received the usual education ...
... born , possibly at Aquinum in Latium , about the beginning of Nero's reign , that is soon after A. D. 54 , of respectable parents , his father being a rich libertinus , and he himself therefore ingenuus . He received the usual education ...
Page 126
... born at Suessa Aurunca ( now Sessa ) , in the southern part of Latium , and is said to have lived from B. C. 148 to B. C. 103. He belonged to the brilliant literary circle of which the younger Scipio was the centre . " The satires of ...
... born at Suessa Aurunca ( now Sessa ) , in the southern part of Latium , and is said to have lived from B. C. 148 to B. C. 103. He belonged to the brilliant literary circle of which the younger Scipio was the centre . " The satires of ...
Page 128
... born at Venusia : i . e . “ lucu- brations in the style of " the Venusian satirist . Cf. Horat . Epist . ii . 1 , 112 sq . , i . 2 , 34 sq . " There is also an allusion " ( Mayor says ) " to the scorching heat of satire , and its fierce ...
... born at Venusia : i . e . “ lucu- brations in the style of " the Venusian satirist . Cf. Horat . Epist . ii . 1 , 112 sq . , i . 2 , 34 sq . " There is also an allusion " ( Mayor says ) " to the scorching heat of satire , and its fierce ...
Page 138
... born at Athens . 81-108 . Shall I not avoid their purple robes ? Shall that man , blown to Rome by the same wind as figs and damsons , rank before me , whose infancy breathed the air of Rome ? They can flatter most grossly , and yet be ...
... born at Athens . 81-108 . Shall I not avoid their purple robes ? Shall that man , blown to Rome by the same wind as figs and damsons , rank before me , whose infancy breathed the air of Rome ? They can flatter most grossly , and yet be ...
Page 139
... born at Tarsus . There is no place for a Roman here ; these Greeks have got sole possession . By a few drops of the poison of calumny the oldest and most faithful clients are driven away , nor is their loss felt . 126-167 . " What are a ...
... born at Tarsus . There is no place for a Roman here ; these Greeks have got sole possession . By a few drops of the poison of calumny the oldest and most faithful clients are driven away , nor is their loss felt . 126-167 . " What are a ...
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Page 54 - Esto bonus miles , tutor bonus , arbiter idem Integer: ambiguae si quando citabere testis 80 Incertaeque rei, Phalaris licet imperet, ut sis - Falsus, et admoto dictet periuria tauro, Summum crede nefas animam praeferre pudori Et propter vitam vivendi perdere causas.
Page 20 - Umbricius, Quando artibus, inquit, honestis Nullus in Urbe locus, nulla emolumenta laborum, Res hodie minor est, here quam fuit, atque eadem eras Deteret exiguis aliquid...
Page 63 - Augustum. iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli vendimus, effudit curas ; nam qui dabat olim imperium fasces legiones omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, 80 panem et circenses."
Page 249 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 21 - Trallibus aut Alabandis, 70 Esquilias dictumque petunt a vimine collem, Viscera magnarum domuum dominique futuri. Ingenium velox, audacia perdita, sermo Promptus et Isaeo torrentior. Ede quid ilium Esse putes ? quem vis hominem secum attulit ad nos : 75 Grammaticus, rhetor, geometres, pictor, aliptes, Augur, schoenobates, medicus, magus : omnia novit. Graeculus esuriens in caelum jusseris ibit.
Page 114 - Unde datum hoc sumis , tot subdite rebus? an dominum ignoras , nisi quem vindicta relaxat? 125 I puer , et strigiles Crispini ad balnea defer, si increpuit, cessas nugator?
Page 112 - Mille hominum species et rerum discolor usus; Velle suum cuique est, nee vo^to vivitur uno.
Page 62 - Consul Ne placeat, curru servus portatur eodem. Da nunc et volucrem, sceptro quae surgit eburno, Illinc cornicines, hinc praecedentia longi Agminis officia et niveos ad fraena Quirites, 45 Defossa in loculis quos sportula fecit amicos.
Page 115 - Mane piger stertis. Surge, inquit Avaritia ; heia Surge. Negas, instat, Surge, inquit.