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Book SynopsisThe Roman philosopher and dramatic critic Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-3 B.C.), known in English as Horace, was also the most famous lyric poet of his age. Written in the troubled decade ending with the establishment of Augustus''s regime, his Satires provide trenchant social commentary on men''s perennial enslavement to money, power, fame, and sex. Not as frequently translated as his Odes, in recent decades the Satires have been rendered into prose or bland verse.
Horace continues to influence modern lyric poetry, and our greatest poets continue to translate and marvel at his command of formal style, his economy of expression, his variety, and his mature humanism. Horace''s comic genius has also had a profound influence on the Western literary tradition through such authors as Swift, Pope, and Boileau, but interest in the Satires has dwindled due to the difficulty of capturing Horace''s wit and formality with the techniques of contemporary free verse.
A. M. Juster''s stri
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"This translation is highly enjoyable, giving a Latinless reader a vivid impression of these self-conscious poems." * Times Literary Supplement *
"The best edition available of the 'Satires' in English. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *
"A delight to read-full of fiendishly clever rhymes that the old master of dactylic hexameter himself would have relished." * Anthony Esolen, Providence College *
Table of Contents
Translator's Note
Introduction by Susanna Braund
Book I
Satire 1
Satire 2
Satire 3
Satire 4
Satire 5
Satire 6
Satire 7
Satire 8
Satire 9
Satire 10
Book II
Satire 1
Satire 2
Satire 3
Satire 4
Satire 5
Satire 6
Satire 7
Satire 8
Notes
Sources
Acknowledgments
