The Sixteen Satires | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Juvenalappears in Satires 1-16 - This person is the narrator of all of the satires, who complains about bad play-writing; and states that the immoral activities of the world are much more interesting than the rewrites of mythology.

Wivesappears in Satire 6 - According to the narrator, these characters are not chaste and would be willing to cross the sea for their lovers.

Homosexualsappears in Satire 2 and 6 - According to the narrator, these characters are shameful to their families and would be mocked by the dead heroes of Hades.

Umbriciusappears in...
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