Societe d'etudes latines de Bruxelles-Latomus | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

This book is an investigation of several key questions relevant to
Juvenal’s Fifth Satire: What is the character of the speaker?
What is the nature of the addressee(s)? How should we understand the
relationship between patron and client? Furthermore, if we compare Juvenal
to Horace’s Satires and Epistles, what are the
similarities and differences between Juvenal’s world and the
egalitarianism of patronage within the circle around Augustus and
Maecenas? What do those texts reveal about Juvenal’s attitude to the
emperor; and is it possible to extend Juvenal’s jaundiced view of the rex
to the princeps?