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Saturae

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Six satires of uncompromising Stoic moralism. Persius attacks Roman vices — greed, laziness, false piety, bad poetry — in language so dense and allusive that ancient commentators struggled with it. Not easy reading, but genuinely original.

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  • Prologus

    A Stoic satire by Persius — dense, allusive, and morally uncompromising, attacking vice and folly with philosophical rigour.

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  • 2
    Book 2

    A Stoic satire by Persius — dense, allusive, and morally uncompromising, attacking vice and folly with philosophical rigour.

    75 lines
  • 3
    Book 3

    A Stoic satire by Persius — dense, allusive, and morally uncompromising, attacking vice and folly with philosophical rigour.

    118 lines
  • 4
    Book 4

    A Stoic satire by Persius — dense, allusive, and morally uncompromising, attacking vice and folly with philosophical rigour.

    52 lines
  • 5
    Book 5

    A Stoic satire by Persius — dense, allusive, and morally uncompromising, attacking vice and folly with philosophical rigour.

    191 lines
  • 6
    Book 6

    A Stoic satire by Persius — dense, allusive, and morally uncompromising, attacking vice and folly with philosophical rigour.

    80 lines
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