SOURCE: Jenkinson, J. R. Introduction to The Satires, translated by J. R. Jenkinson, pp. 1-8. Wiltshire, Eng.: Aris & Phillips, 1980.
In the following excerpt, Jenkinson explains that Persius was shaped by Stoicism and that his satires are imbued with moral concerns and “continual surprise.”
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