This volume presents a new commentary on the first Book of Satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal.
The essays on each poem present the first integrated reading of these Satires as an organic structure..
Susanna Morton Braund situates Juvenal within the genre of satire and demonstrates his originality in creating an angry character who declaims in the \'grand style\'.
This volume presents a new commentary on the first Book of Satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal