Three Classical Poets

Sappho, Catullus, and Juvenal

Richard Jenkyns

    Preface

    1. The Poetry of Sappho and its Reputation

    2. Catullus and the Idea of a Masterpiece

    3. Juvenal the Poet

    Appendixes

    Bibliography

    Index of passages discussed

    General index

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Richard Jenkyns is Professor of the Classical Tradition at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. His previous books include The Victorians and Ancient Greece and Dignity and Decadence: Victorian Art and the Classical Inheritance.