Persius
[ pur-shuhs, -shee-uhs ]
noun
Aulus Persius Flaccus, a.d. 34–62, Roman satirist.
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How to use Persius in a sentence
Perhaps we may think the ferule well deserved when we read of the schoolboy's trick immortalized by Persius.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonI am now arrived at the most difficult part of my undertaking, which is, to compare Horace with Juvenal and Persius.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals | John DrydenNeither Persius nor Juvenal were ignorant of this, for they had both studied Horace.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals | John DrydenIf Persius, says he, be in himself obscure, yet my interpretation has made him intelligible.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals | John DrydenThis is a strange mistake in an author, who translated Persius entirely, and great part of Juvenal.
Dryden's Works (13 of 18): Translations; Pastorals | John Dryden
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