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'''Juvenal''' (Aquinum 62-129) was a [[Latin]] poet and [[writer]]. It is because of Servius, in the late 4th century, that Juvenal received recognition. | '''Juvenal''' (Aquinum 62-129) was a [[Latin]] poet and [[writer]]. It is because of Servius, in the late 4th century, that Juvenal received recognition. | ||
| − | It is accepted that Juvenal is the author of the 16 ''Saturae'', or ''Satires'' (They are divided into five books). This | + | It is accepted that Juvenal is the author of the 16 ''Saturae'', or ''Satires'' (They are divided into five books). This ''Satires'' are about the vices of the [[Roman]] world (the unnatural vices, the misery of poverty and the extravagance of the ruling classes). ''His influence on English poetry is best seen in Johnson's poems ‘London’ and ‘The Vanity of Human Wishes’, while Dryden's versions of five of Juvenal's satires are among the best of his works.'' [http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9359264] |
::::::::::: ''Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes ?'' | ::::::::::: ''Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes ?'' | ||
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Juvenal (Aquinum 62-129) was a Latin poet and writer. It is because of Servius, in the late 4th century, that Juvenal received recognition.
It is accepted that Juvenal is the author of the 16 Saturae, or Satires (They are divided into five books). This Satires are about the vices of the Roman world (the unnatural vices, the misery of poverty and the extravagance of the ruling classes). His influence on English poetry is best seen in Johnson's poems ‘London’ and ‘The Vanity of Human Wishes’, while Dryden's versions of five of Juvenal's satires are among the best of his works. [1]
- Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes ?
- Who will guard the guards themselves?