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Smith College. CONTENTS I. Introduction 1 II . Elements of rò inλóv in Juvenal's Style ..... 18 III . Juvenal's Use of Epic for Humorous Effect 46 IV . Serious Imitation of Epic ..... 91 V. Reasons for Juvenal's Use of Elements of the Grand ...
Smith College. CONTENTS I. Introduction 1 II . Elements of rò inλóv in Juvenal's Style ..... 18 III . Juvenal's Use of Epic for Humorous Effect 46 IV . Serious Imitation of Epic ..... 91 V. Reasons for Juvenal's Use of Elements of the Grand ...
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... Juvenal's satires show similarities to the loftier style of epic which do not occur in Horace's " conversations " in verse , quite appropriately named " sermones " . My purpose in making a study of the style of Juvenal's satires is to ...
... Juvenal's satires show similarities to the loftier style of epic which do not occur in Horace's " conversations " in verse , quite appropriately named " sermones " . My purpose in making a study of the style of Juvenal's satires is to ...
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... Juvenal's satiric apologia lists the trite tales of epic which one hears everywhere and at all times , scoffing chiefly at their dullness in comparison with the real affairs of life . " The satirist's objection is in every case not so ...
... Juvenal's satiric apologia lists the trite tales of epic which one hears everywhere and at all times , scoffing chiefly at their dullness in comparison with the real affairs of life . " The satirist's objection is in every case not so ...
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... Juvenal's attention is more upon the difference in subject matter . Juvenal begins with a description of the conditions in 18 II , 1 , especially 39ff . 19 Horace points to Homer as the perfect poet , in A. P. 140 , " quanto rectius hic ...
... Juvenal's attention is more upon the difference in subject matter . Juvenal begins with a description of the conditions in 18 II , 1 , especially 39ff . 19 Horace points to Homer as the perfect poet , in A. P. 140 , " quanto rectius hic ...
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... Juvenal's attitude in Satire VII , to a pretended inferiority rather than to any thought that satire as a genre is not worthy of the name of real poetry . On the other hand , though Juvenal's interest is chiefly in the subject matter ...
... Juvenal's attitude in Satire VII , to a pretended inferiority rather than to any thought that satire as a genre is not worthy of the name of real poetry . On the other hand , though Juvenal's interest is chiefly in the subject matter ...
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