The Satyricon
The Satyricon is a classic of comedy, a superbly funny picture of Nero's Rome as seen through the eyes of Petronius, its most amorous and elegant courtier.

William Arrowsmith's translation - a lovely, modern, unexpurgated text - recatpures all the ribald humor of Petronius's picaresque satire. It tells the hilarious story of the pleasure-seeking adventures of an educated rogue, Encolpius, his handsome serving boy, Giton, and Ascyltus, who lusts after Giton - three impure pilgrims who live by their wits and other men's purses. The Satyricon unfailingly turns ever weakness of the flesh, every foible of the mind, to laughter.

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The Satyricon
The Satyricon is a classic of comedy, a superbly funny picture of Nero's Rome as seen through the eyes of Petronius, its most amorous and elegant courtier.

William Arrowsmith's translation - a lovely, modern, unexpurgated text - recatpures all the ribald humor of Petronius's picaresque satire. It tells the hilarious story of the pleasure-seeking adventures of an educated rogue, Encolpius, his handsome serving boy, Giton, and Ascyltus, who lusts after Giton - three impure pilgrims who live by their wits and other men's purses. The Satyricon unfailingly turns ever weakness of the flesh, every foible of the mind, to laughter.

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The Satyricon

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The Satyricon is a classic of comedy, a superbly funny picture of Nero's Rome as seen through the eyes of Petronius, its most amorous and elegant courtier.

William Arrowsmith's translation - a lovely, modern, unexpurgated text - recatpures all the ribald humor of Petronius's picaresque satire. It tells the hilarious story of the pleasure-seeking adventures of an educated rogue, Encolpius, his handsome serving boy, Giton, and Ascyltus, who lusts after Giton - three impure pilgrims who live by their wits and other men's purses. The Satyricon unfailingly turns ever weakness of the flesh, every foible of the mind, to laughter.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199539215
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 05/15/2009
Series: Oxford World's Classics Series
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 329,095
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Petronius Arbiter (d.66 ad) was Emperor Nero's advisor in matters of luxury and extravagance. He is said to have devoted his life to pleasure, but a rival's jealousy turned Nero against him, and he was forced to commit suicide.

Table of Contents

Introduction v

Satyricon 1

Poems 143

From the Fragments 155

Appendices 159

Appendix 1 Before our Text Begins 161

Appendix 2 The Main Characters in the Satyricon 163

Appendix 3 Tacitus on Petronius 167

Appendix 4 Some Later Mentions of Petronius's work 169

Appendix 5 Two Earlier English Versions of the Satyricon 175

Appendix 6 Fellini-Satyricon 179

Notes 184

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