Juvenal: Satires Book I

This volume presents a new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal. In the Introduction Braund situates Juvenal within the genre of satire and demonstrates his originality in creating an angry character who declaims in the "grand style." The Commentary illuminates the content and style of Satires 1-5. The essays on each of the poems together with the overview of Book I in the Introduction present the first integrated reading of these Satires as an organic structure.
This volume presents a new commentary on the first book of satires of the Roman satirist Juvenal.
"...a welcome addition to the Cambridge series of texts and commentaries and should find a ready audience among students and teachers....provides a usefull introduction and a detailed commentary..." International Journal of the Classical Tradition
"...Braund succeeds in selecting and matching material well with the intended audience." Religious Studies Review
"Braund's contributions to the periodical literature have added substantially to contemporary understanding of Roman satire in general. Stimulating and witty, this edition should prompt new editions of Juvenal's other satires....Highly recommended for students of Latin Poetry at the upper-division undergraduate level and above." E.R. Mix, Choice