Satires. Eupolemius [Latin]

(Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library Series)

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Composed in Germany by a monastic poet steeped in classical lore and letters, the Satires of Amarcius (Sextus Amarcius Gallus Piosistratus) unrelentingly attack both secular vices and ecclesiastical abuses of the late eleventh century. The verses echo Horace and Prudentius, are laced with proverbs and polemic, and portray vividly aspects of contemporary life--the foppery of young nobles, the vainglory of the nouveaux riches, the fastidiousness of...

Format:Hardcover

Language:Latin

ISBN:0674060024

ISBN13:9780674060029

Release Date:November 2011

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:448 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.4" x 8.0"

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Satires. Eupolemius [Latin]

(Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library Series)

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