Description: Yesterday's Muse, Inc. presents ... The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter Author:Petronius; Firebaugh, W.C.; Whibley, Charles Publisher:Horace Liveright Release Date:1932 Seller Category:-- Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Excellent Sku: 2343224 Notes: Fourth printing. Jack panel and both jacket flaps laid in. 1932 Hard Cover. 269 pp. Illustrated endpapers. The Satyricon, Satyricon liber (The Book of Satyrlike Adventures), or Satyrica, is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius in the late 1st century AD, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as Titus Petronius. The Satyricon is an example of Menippean satire, which is different from the formal verse satire of Juvenal or Horace. The work contains a mixture of prose and verse (commonly known as prosimetrum); serious and comic elements; and erotic and decadent passages. As with The Golden Ass by Apuleius (also called the Metamorphoses), classical scholars often describe it as a Roman novel, without necessarily implying continuity with the modern literary form. The surviving sections of the original (much longer) text detail the bizarre exploits of the narrator, Encolpius, and his (possible) slave and catamite Giton, a handsome sixteen-year-old boy. It is the second most fully preserved Roman novel, after the fully extant The Golden Ass by Apuleius, which has significant differences in style and plot. Satyricon is also regarded as useful evidence for the reconstruction of how lower classes lived during the early Roman Empire. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our eBay Store!!
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Format: Hard Cover
Language: English
Book Title: The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter
Publisher: Horace Liveright
Author: Petronius; Firebaugh, W.C.; Whibley, Charles
