Persius
(Aulus Persius Flaccus) a.d. 34–62, Roman satirist.
Historical Examples
Horace therefore, Juvenal, and Persius were no Prophets, although their lines did seem to indigitate and point at our times.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3) Thomas Browne
A Stoic philosopher to whom Persius addresses his 5th Satire.
Dryden’s Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals John Dryden
Persius was a young man of little originality, who expressed in his poems only what he learned from his teachers.
A History of Roman Literature Harold North Fowler
Cornutus, who was master or tutor to Persius, was of the same school.
Dryden’s Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals John Dryden
Casaubon, from an old commentator on Persius, says, that he made a very foolish translation of Homer’s Iliads.
Dryden’s Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals John Dryden
How did the circumstances of the life of Persius differ from those of Horace?
Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman Frank Justus Miller
This is a strange mistake in an author, who translated Persius entirely, and great part of Juvenal.
Dryden’s Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals John Dryden
He humorously describes a squabble betwixt Rupilius and Persius.
The Works of Horace Horace
Persius says of him that he “slashed the citizens of his time and broke his jaw-teeth on them.”
Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman Frank Justus Miller
Whether he or Cæsius Bassus was the friend of Persius, is not perfectly clear.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence Cornelius Tacitus
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