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• Lucilius — is the nomen of the gens Lucilia of ancient Rome.*Gaius Lucilius, satirist 2nd century BC. Lucilius was credited by Horace and others with originating the genre of satire. *Lucilius Junior, friend and correspondent of the younger Seneca. *The… …   Wikipedia

• Gaius Lucilius — (c. 180 BC 103 BC), the earliest Roman satirist, of whose writings only fragments remain, was born at Suessa Aurunca in Campania.The dates assigned by Jerome for his birth and death are 148 BC and 103 BC or 102 BC. But it is impossible to… …   Wikipedia

• Latin literature — Introduction       the body of writings in Latin, primarily produced during the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, when Latin was a spoken language. When Rome fell, Latin remained the literary language of the Western medieval world until it was …   Universalium

• satire — /sat uyeur/, n. 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3 …   Universalium

• Satire — This article is about the genre. For the mythological creature, see satyr. Satires redirects here. For other uses, see Satires (disambiguation). 1867 edition of Punch, a ground breaking British magazine of popular humour, including a great deal… …   Wikipedia

• Sermonum liber primus — (also known as Satires I ), is a collection of ten satirical poems written by the Roman poet Horace. Composed in dactylic hexameters, Horace s Satires explore the secrets of human happiness and literary perfection. Published probably in 35 BCE… …   Wikipedia

• Juvenal — For other people named Juvenal, see Juvenal (disambiguation). Juvenal (Iuvenalis) Frontispiece from John Dryden, The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis: And of Aulus Persius Flaccus Born 1st century …   Wikipedia

• Horace — /hawr is, hor /, n. 1. (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65 8 B.C., Roman poet and satirist. 2. a male given name. * * * I orig. Quintus Horatius Flaccus born December 65, Venusia died Nov. 27, 8 BC, Rome Latin lyric poet and satirist. The son of a… …   Universalium

• Satires of Juvenal — [ Frontispiece depicting Juvenal and Persius, from a volume translated by John Dryden in 1711.] The Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries CE.Juvenal is credited… …   Wikipedia

• Pederastic relationships in classical antiquity — for other times and places In classical antiquity there were many known pederastic relationships between adult men and adolescent boys. In some of these cases both members became well known historical figures, while in others, only one of the two …   Wikipedia

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