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The Roman poet Juvenal was the greatest satirist of Imperial Rome. His 16 satires encompass attacks on the immorality, abuses and hypocrisy of the Romans of his day. The last of the great Roman poets, he wrote between CE 110 and 130, his approach to satire coming close to modern expectations of the genre.
Today, Juvenal is best known for the Latin quotations panem et circenses ('bread and races' - he stated that this was all the Roman populace desired) and mens sana in corpore sano ('a healthy mind in a healthy body').
This audiobook, deftly delivered by David Timson, uses Niall Rudd's translation, which preserves the style and metrical effect of Juvenal's hexameters.
Today, Juvenal is best known for the Latin quotations panem et circenses ('bread and races' - he stated that this was all the Roman populace desired) and mens sana in corpore sano ('a healthy mind in a healthy body').
This audiobook, deftly delivered by David Timson, uses Niall Rudd's translation, which preserves the style and metrical effect of Juvenal's hexameters.
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"David Timson performs Juvenal's 16 verse satires with energy, clarity, and precision. These works from the 2nd century CE are usually harsh, often personalized, diatribes against Roman--or simply human--venality and corruption. Timson's resonant voice and oratorical tones fit the rhetoric well. Occasionally, tirades are rife with homophobia, xenophobia, or misogyny and larded with scabrous and obscene turns of phrase. As these are made freshly vivid by Timson's broad accents of foppish scorn, they can become somewhat overripe and hard to take. Happily, both author and performer are more restrained in most of the pieces. Despite Timson's lucid performance, frequent topical references in a format without helpful notes may leave listeners unfamiliar with Roman people, events, and institutions more or less at sea. W.M. � AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine"
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