Juvenal's sixth Satire is a masterpiece of comic hyperbole, an outrageous rant against women and marriage which, in its breadth and density, represents the high point of the misogynistic literature of classical antiquity. The Introduction situates Juvenal within the wider tradition of Roman satire, interrogates afresh the poem's architecture and recurrent themes, shows how Juvenal systematically attributes to his monstrous women the inverse of the Roman wife's canonical virtues, traces the various literary currents which infuse the Satire, and lastly addresses the much-discussed issue of the...
Juvenal's sixth Satire is a masterpiece of comic hyperbole, an outrageous rant against women and marriage which, in its breadth and density, represent...
Prof Lindsay C. Watson (Associate Professor, University of Sydney, Australia), Patricia Watson
Lindsay C and Patricia Watson provide an attractive overview for students of classics and ancient history, as well as comparative literature of the chief themes of Marcus Valerius Martialias' (or Martial s) sardonic writings."
Lindsay C and Patricia Watson provide an attractive overview for students of classics and ancient history, as well as comparative literature of the ch...
Prof Lindsay C. Watson (Associate Professor, University of Sydney, Australia), Patricia Watson
Lindsay C. and Patricia Watson provide an attractive overview for students of classics and ancient history, as well as comparative literature of the chief themes of Marcus Valerius Martialias' (or Martial s) sardonic writings."
Lindsay C. and Patricia Watson provide an attractive overview for students of classics and ancient history, as well as comparative literature of the c...
