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by Petronius Arbiter (Author), Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Author), J.P. Sullivan (Translator) "The Satyricon has been traditionally, and rightly, attributed to the courtier of Nero whose downfall and death in A.D. 66 are described by Tacitus (Annals..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; Rev Ed edition (25 Sep 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140444890
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140444896
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,435 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The earliest and funniest prose fiction in Latin.This selection is part of a new,racy,and dynamic translation. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Perhaps the strangest and most strikingly modern work to survive from the ancient world, The Satyricon relates the hilarious mock epic adventures of the impotent Encolpius, and his struggle to regain virility. Here Petronius brilliantly brings to life the courtesans, legacy-hunters, pompous professors and dissolute priestesses of the age and, above all, Trimalchio, the archetypal self-made millionaire whose pretentious vulgarity on an insanely grand scale makes him one of the great comic characters in literature. Seneca's The Apocolocyntosis, a malicious skit on the deification of Claudius the Clod', was designed by the author to ingratiate himself with Nero, who was Claudius' successor. Together, the two provide a powerful insight into a darkly fascinating period of Roman history.

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The Satyricon has been traditionally, and rightly, attributed to the courtier of Nero whose downfall and death in A.D. 66 are described by Tacitus (Annals 16.17-20): 17. So the space of a few days saw the fall, in the same bloody action, of Annaeus Mela, Cerialis Anicius, Rufrius Crispinus, and Petronius, Mela and Crispinus being Roman knights of senatorial status... Read the first page
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