Tenth Satire of Juvenal

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Roman verse satire poem satire

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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instanceOf Roman verse satire ⓘ
poem ⓘ
satire ⓘ
addressesTopic dangers of excessive wealth ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Stoicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
proposesIdeal contentment ⓘ
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 ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ
tone didactic ⓘ
moralizing ⓘ
pessimistic ⓘ
workExampleOf Roman moral satire ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Vanity of Human Wishes: The Tenth Satire of Juvenal Imitated