(Paperback, Second edition)

This introduction to three of Juvenal's satires aims to help intermediate high school or college readers understand the meaning of Juvenal's Latin. Satire I is an explanation of why he writes poetry and satire. III discusses why life in Rome has become intolerable. X aims to explain why most prayers are misguided and, if answered, harmful.

(Paperback)

Offers satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society. This work draws forth a world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers. It portraits of decadent aristocrats - male and female - and the jumped-up sons of newly-rich former slaves.