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Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Latin: [ˈdɛkɪmʊs ˈjuːniʊs jʊwɛˈnaːlɪs]), known in English as Juvenal (/ ˈ dʒ uː v ən əl / JOO-vən-əl; c. 55–128), was a Roman poet. He is the author of the Satires , a collection of satirical poems.
Juvenal also provided a source for the name for a forensically important beetle, Histeridae. Juvenal is the source of many well-known maxims, including: that the common people—rather than caring about their freedom—are only interested in "bread and circuses" (panem et circenses 10.81; i.e. food and entertainment),
Juvenal was concerned with the morality and actions of the Roman elite; Satire VI can equally be read as an invective against the men who have permitted this pervasive degradation of the Roman world. The author harshly criticizes avaricious husbands who marry not for love but for the dowry and subsequently allow their rich wives to do whatever ...
"Bread and circuses" (or "bread and games"; from Latin: panem et circenses) is a metonymic phrase referring to superficial appeasement.It is attributed to Juvenal (Satires, Satire X), a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century AD, and is used commonly in cultural, particularly political, contexts.
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Pages in category "Works by Juvenal" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. S. Satire VI; Satires (Juvenal)
Manuscript copy of lines 153–174, later revised as lines 150–171 [15]. The Vanity of Human Wishes is a poem of 368 lines, written in closed heroic couplets.Johnson loosely adapts Juvenal's original satire to demonstrate "the complete inability of the world and of worldly life to offer genuine or permanent satisfaction."
The poems of the cycle belong to the heroic genre, [4] reflecting the legends that portray and glorify the heroic deeds of the warriors of indefinable old times. [5] The epic poetry about past warriors is an Indo-European tradition shared with South Slavs , but also with other heroic cultures such as those of early Greece , classical India ...