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  2. Juvenal - Wikipedia

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    This follows Lucilius—the originator of the Roman satire genre, and it fits within a poetic tradition that also includes Horace and Persius. The Satires are a vital source for the study of ancient Rome from a number of perspectives, although their comic mode of expression makes it problematic to accept the content as strictly factual.

  3. Category:Ancient Roman satirists - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Ancient Roman satirists" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Sulpicia (satirist) This page was last ...

  4. List of satirists and satires - Wikipedia

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    Land of the Dead, a satire of post-9/11 America state and of the Bush administration; The Wicker Man, a satire on cults and religion; The Great Dictator, a satire on Adolf Hitler; Monty Python's Life of Brian, a satire on miscommunication, religion and Christianity; The Player, a satire of Hollywood, directed by Robert Altman

  5. Lucian - Wikipedia

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    Lucian of Samosata [a] (Λουκιανὸς ὁ Σαμοσατεύς, c. 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious practices, and belief in the paranormal.

  6. Gaius Lucilius - Wikipedia

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    Gaius Lucilius (180, 168 or 148 BC – 103 BC) [2] was the earliest Roman satirist, of whose writings only fragments remain. A Roman citizen of the equestrian class, he was born at Suessa Aurunca in Campania, and was a member of the Scipionic Circle.

  7. Horace - Wikipedia

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    The hexameters are amusing yet serious works, friendly in tone, leading the ancient satirist Persius to comment: "as his friend laughs, Horace slyly puts his finger on his every fault; once let in, he plays about the heartstrings". [nb 2] His career coincided with Rome's momentous change from a republic to an empire.

  8. Satires (Juvenal) - Wikipedia

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    Juvenal is credited with sixteen known poems divided among five books; all are in the Roman genre of satire, which, at its most basic in the time of the author, comprised a wide-ranging discussion of society and social mores in dactylic hexameter. [5] In Satire I, concerning the scope and content of his work, Juvenal says:

  9. Sulpicia (satirist) - Wikipedia

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    Sulpicia seems to have written poetry that was erotic or satirical. [d] [10] She is the only woman known from antiquity who was associated with a comic genre. [11]Judging by the surviving testimonia on Sulpicia, she openly discussed her sexual desire for her husband; this outspoken centring of female sexual desire is extremely unusual among ancient women poets. [12]