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.
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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272Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780199539215 |
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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 |