Persius (Critical Survey of Poetry)
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Persius is remembered only for his satires.
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Modern critics slight Persius for lacking the felicitas of Horace and the indignatio of Juvenal; ancients were apparently satisfied to allow him to occupy his own space. The Life of Persius reports that Lucan, upon hearing a reading of the satires, cried that these were true poetry while he himself was composing trifles. Persius...
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