Description: The first edition of Book 3 of Juvenal's Satires as a unit by itself contains a detailed introduction, Latin text and translation, and commentary. Poems 7-9 show Juvenal at the height of his powers, directing his biting satire at Roman nobles, the clientela system and literary life in the early 2nd century AD.
Brief description:
John Godwin was for many years Head of Classics at Shrewsbury School, UK. His many publications include Juvenal: Satires Books III, IV and V (Aris & Phillips 2022, 2016 and 2020); Horace: Selected Satires (Bloomsbury 2018), Ovid: Metamorphoses III: A Selection (Bloomsbury 2013) and editions of Lucretius: De Rerum Natura Books IV and VI and the complete works of Catullus for the Aris & Phillips Classical Texts series.
Review Quotes:
'This most welcome edition... should be useful for the experienced Latinist while offering a translation that is fluent and with enough exegesis to convey Juvenal's meaning, tone and style for the non-Latinist.'
Alan Beale, Classics for All