Penguin.com (usa)
About Persius
Books by Persius

Persius

About Persius

An Interview with Persius

More About Persius
directory email print
Aules Persius Flaccus was born in AD 34 in Etruria. Rich and well connected, he knew Lucan, Thrasea Paetus, and other members of the opposition to Nero’s rule. His friendship with the philosopher Cornutus began when he was sixteen and remained a strong influence until his death at the age of twenty-seven. Although the satires are concerned with moral questions— a fact which endeared Persius to the Church Fathers and won him admiration in the Middle Ages and Renaissance— their main interest for us lies in their condensed, allusive, and highly metaphorical style. Find Books by Persius

Sign Up
  • Penguin Newsletter

Sign up for the Penguin newsletter here»

Send this page to a friend

Find us on Facebook

Find Penguin Group (USA) on Facebook

Visit us on Facebook for polls, interactive quizzes, and more great stuff!

Too Big To Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin Book Cover image
$18.00 | buy now

Too Big To Fail

Andrew Ross Sorkin

One of the country's foremost young business reporters delivers a thrilling, definitive account of the financial crisis on Wall Street and in Washington.
Read an excerpt. See the author on tour.