Tenth Satire of Juvenal
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The "Tenth Satire" of Juvenal is a Roman verse satire that explores the futility of human ambitions and desires, famously critiquing the misguided wishes for power, wealth, beauty, and long life.
All labels observed (2)
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| The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Tenth Satire of Juvenal Imitated | 2 |
| Tenth Satire of Juvenal canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Tenth Satire of Juvenal Context triple: [The Vanity of Human Wishes, basedOn, Tenth Satire of Juvenal]
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Satires of Horace
The *Satires* of Horace are a collection of Latin poetic works that humorously and insightfully critique Roman society, morals, and everyday life in the late first century BCE.
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Satyricon
Satyricon is a fragmented Latin prose narrative, attributed to Petronius, that satirically portrays the excesses and moral decay of Roman society during the early Imperial period.
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Juvenal
Juvenal was a Roman poet of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD, best known for his biting satirical poems that sharply criticized the morals and politics of imperial Rome.
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Imitations of Horace
Imitations of Horace is a series of poetic adaptations by Alexander Pope that recast the Roman poet Horace’s satires and epistles into the social and political context of 18th-century England.
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The Dunciad
The Dunciad is Alexander Pope’s satirical mock-epic poem that attacks the spread of mediocrity and cultural decline in early 18th-century Britain.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tenth Satire of Juvenal Target entity description: The "Tenth Satire" of Juvenal is a Roman verse satire that explores the futility of human ambitions and desires, famously critiquing the misguided wishes for power, wealth, beauty, and long life.
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A.
Satires of Horace
The *Satires* of Horace are a collection of Latin poetic works that humorously and insightfully critique Roman society, morals, and everyday life in the late first century BCE.
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B.
Satyricon
Satyricon is a fragmented Latin prose narrative, attributed to Petronius, that satirically portrays the excesses and moral decay of Roman society during the early Imperial period.
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C.
Juvenal
Juvenal was a Roman poet of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD, best known for his biting satirical poems that sharply criticized the morals and politics of imperial Rome.
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D.
Imitations of Horace
Imitations of Horace is a series of poetic adaptations by Alexander Pope that recast the Roman poet Horace’s satires and epistles into the social and political context of 18th-century England.
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E.
The Dunciad
The Dunciad is Alexander Pope’s satirical mock-epic poem that attacks the spread of mediocrity and cultural decline in early 18th-century Britain.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Roman verse satire
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poem ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| addressesTopic |
dangers of excessive wealth
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instability of political power ⓘ limits of human wisdom ⓘ perils of long life ⓘ unreliability of fortune ⓘ vanity of physical beauty ⓘ |
| approximateDate | early 2nd century AD ⓘ |
| author | Juvenal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition in Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes |
flattery of rulers
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military glory ⓘ ostentatious wealth ⓘ political office-seeking ⓘ popular conceptions of happiness ⓘ public ambition ⓘ |
| famousLine | orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano ⓘ |
| famousLineTranslation | You should pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body ⓘ |
| influenced | later European moral satire ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | satire ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
critique of beauty
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critique of desire for long life ⓘ critique of power ⓘ critique of wealth ⓘ futility of human ambitions ⓘ misguided human desires ⓘ |
| numberInSeries | 10 ⓘ |
| partOf | Satires of Juvenal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Cynicism
NERFINISHED
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Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| proposesIdeal |
contentment
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inner virtue ⓘ moderation in desires ⓘ |
| quotedFor | concept of mens sana in corpore sano ⓘ |
| quotedIn | philosophical discussions of happiness ⓘ |
| setting | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Latin literature courses
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classical philology ⓘ |
| tone |
didactic
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moralizing ⓘ pessimistic ⓘ |
| workExampleOf | Roman moral satire ⓘ |
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