Persius
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In the ancient world, the Satires belonged to a small class of works which remained in constant circulation. They were read in the schools, were commented upon by scholars, and were forever the subject of controversy. This translation boasts several advantages over previous English versions : it is the work of a poet rather than a Latinist, and it offers a faithful rendering of Persius' franker passages which the Victorians never dared to translate...
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Translators include Alba Warren, William Ewart Gladstone, Richard Crashaw, F.A. Wright, Theodore Martin, Horace Gregory, Jonathan Swift, Walter Savage Landor, Arthur Symons, Aubrey Beardsley, George Lamb, Abraham Cowley, Leigh Hunt, Alexander Fraser Tytler, G.F. Ottey, John Dryden, John Conington, John Milton, Thomas Charles Baring, Roswell Martin Field, Barklie Henry, William Falconer Murison, Stephen Edward DeVere, J.H. Deazeley, Margaret M. Fitzgerald,...