Ely Professor of Classics Edward Courtney (Stanford University)
Edward Courtneys study of the Satires of Juvenal is the only full-scale commentary on the corpus since the nineteenth century and retains its value for students and scholars a generation after its first appearance in 1980. This commentary incorporates the findings of classical study up to that time, including the work of A. E. Housman, new discoveries such as those of papyri, and the expanding horizons of classical research. Courtney elucidates the form of each poem and the progression of thought, and offers many suggestions for the adjustment of traditional punctuation. In addition to basic...
Edward Courtneys study of the Satires of Juvenal is the only full-scale commentary on the corpus since the nineteenth century and retains its value fo...
