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Persius

 

(Aulus Persius Flaccus). Born Dec. 4, 34, in Volater-rae; died Nov. 24, 62, near Rome. Roman poet and satirist.

Persius was in sympathy with the Senate’s opposition to Nero but was not active in public life. The themes of his six satires, published posthumously, are traditional for Stoic philosophy: the necessity of improving morals; education; self-knowledge; true freedom; and the wise use of wealth. The tone of the satires is impassioned and their style artificial. Persius continued the tradition of Horace and himself influenced Juvenal.

EDITIONS

Satirae. Berlin, 1932.

Satirae. Oxford, 1961.

In Russian translation:

Satiry. In Rimskaia satira. Moscow, 1957. (Translated by F. A. Petrovskii.)

REFERENCE

Marmorale, E. V. Persio, 2nd ed. Florence, 1956.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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and Persius, were no prophets, although their lines did seem
giudici Cust, Bata, Maveri e Persius che, convocati per una riunione straordinaria, alludono a una tela di intrighi e manovre tessuta dai partiti politici in una citta infame e malsana.
For comparison, here is Niall Rudd's translation of these lines in Penguin's The Satires of Horace and Persius (1973): "I happened to be strolling down Sacred Way, trying out / some piece of nonsense as I often do and completely absorbed in it, / when suddenly a fellow whom I knew only by name dashed up / and seized me by the hand." I have not attempted to track down McNeilly's entire translation in its original source.
The Satires of Juvenal and Persius. Editado por Charles Anthon, William Tegg and Co., 1858.
Persius, in his 5th Satire, censuring a pompous style of declamation, writes, 'Nec scloppo tumidas intendis rumpere buccas.' See Delphin edition, London, 1786, p.
MACC had on January 3 issued a notice calling for Anthony, and a lawyer, Michael Persius Ubu, to surrender themselves within 48 hours to facilitate investigations into the purchase of an RM155 million plot of oil palm land.
But the search for a model for diatribe in Paul should be widened to include the satires of Horace (3) and Paul's contemporary Persius, and the moral essays of their contemporary Seneca, each of whom invents bullying characters who harangue the narrative speaker.
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