Thirteen Satires of Juvenal, Volume 1: With a Commentary

342 Pages·2010·7.22 MB·English

by  John E. B. Mayor (editor)

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Thirteen Satires of Juvenal
The second edition of John Mayor’s 1853 commentary on the Roman
satirist Juvenal was published in the years 1872 to 1879, and according to
the author’s preface was intended as a precursor to an even larger-scale
study. Thirteen of Juvenal’s satires are featured here (Satires 2, 6 and 9 are
omitted) and a thorough commentary is given for each, guiding the reader
through the poet’s intricate language and a dense web of historical and
mythological allusions. Mayor (1825–1910), who was elected Professor of
Latin at Cambridge in 1872 and became one of the original Fellows of the
British Academy, applied his extensive knowledge of thought and life in
Imperial Rome to make this difficult material more approachable. Volume 1
contains the text of the satires, and Mayor’s notes on the first five pieces in his
selection.
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Thirteen Satires
of Juvenal
With a Commentary
Volume 1
Edited by John E.B. Mayor
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THIRTEEN SATIRES
OF
JUVENAL
WITH A COMMENTARY
JOHN E. B. MAYOR, M.A.
FELLOW OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
SECOND EDITION ENLARGED
VOLUME I
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1872
[All Mights reserved]
FJLCIT INDIGNATIO YERSVM.
ADVERTISEMENT.
As the first edition of this book has been out of print
for several years, and some months must elapse before
I can hope for leisure to continue the notes, I have
resolved to issue at once the text and the explanatory
notes as far as they are printed off.
The notes of Stanley and John Taylor, which are
cited here and there, are taken from their MSS. in the
Cambridge university library; those of Markland are
preserved in St John's college.
For the notes bearing the initials H. A. J. M. and
J. C. I am indebted to my friends Professor Munro and
the lamented Professor Conington.
I have purposely abstained from consulting any
English edition of Juvenal. All the citations have been
taken anew from the original authors.
J. E. B. M.
ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
28th Oct. 1869.

EEEATA.
90 1. 24 read patulas.
94 „ 8 up read Privatalt.
95 „ 9 read DEDOIUS.
102 „ 6 up read ep. v 7.
106 „ 5 read patruum.
108 ,, 12 up read consiliis.
122 „ 24 read § 2.
130 ,, 21 dele , after name.
132 „ 32 read laudarc.
137 „ 21 up read 70 for 47.
152 „ 5 up read icaXXos.
159 „ 24 read Tac. xv 37.