Petronius offers a vivid and often scandalous glimpse into the social fabric of the early Roman Empire. Attributed to Petronius Arbiter, a courtier during the reign of Nero, this work is a foundational piece of ancient fiction, most famously containing the surviving portions of the "Satyricon". The narrative follows the misadventures of the narrator, Encolpius, and his companions as they navigate a world of decadence, opportunism, and debauchery across the Italian peninsula. The centerpiece of the work is the celebrated ... Read More
Petronius offers a vivid and often scandalous glimpse into the social fabric of the early Roman Empire. Attributed to Petronius Arbiter, a courtier during the reign of Nero, this work is a foundational piece of ancient fiction, most famously containing the surviving portions of the "Satyricon". The narrative follows the misadventures of the narrator, Encolpius, and his companions as they navigate a world of decadence, opportunism, and debauchery across the Italian peninsula. The centerpiece of the work is the celebrated "Cena Trimalchionis" (Trimalchio's Dinner), a biting satire of the nouveau riche that exposes the absurd excesses and pretensions of the freedman class. By blending prose and verse in the Menippean style, Petronius provides a rare and valuable linguistic record of Vulgar Latin, the everyday speech of common Roman citizens, which contrasts sharply with the refined rhetoric of the era's elite. As one of the earliest examples of the novelistic form, "Petronius" remains an essential text for readers interested in classical history, literary evolution, and the timeless nature of social satire. It captures the wit and cynicism of an author who observed the complexities of imperial morality with an unflinching and ironic eye. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. Read Less
Add this copy of Petronius: Satyricon; Seneca: Apocolocyntosis (Loeb to cart. $18.25, very good condition, Sold by Greenworld Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Arlington, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Harvard University Press.
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Add this copy of Petronius: Satyricon; Seneca: Apocolocyntosis (Loeb to cart. $22.28, fair condition, Sold by BooksRun rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Philadelphia, PA, UNITED STATES, published by Harvard University Press.
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Add this copy of Petronius: Satyricon; Seneca: Apocolocyntosis to cart. $23.00, very good condition, Sold by Ancient World Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 2005 by Harvard University Press.
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Near Fine in Very Good-dust jacket. 0674990161. Minor shelfwear to book. Edgewear to DJ. DJ has a couple of small tears.; Loeb Classical Library No. 15; 544 pages; Petronius (C. Or T. Petronius Arbiter), who is reasonably identified with the author of this famous satyric and satiric novel, was a man of pleasure and of good literary taste who flourished in the times of Claudius (41-54 CE) and Nero (54-68). As Tacitus describes him, he used to sleep by day, and attend to official duties or to his amusements by night. At one time he was governor of the province of Bithynia in Asia Minor and was also a consul, showing himself a man of vigour when this was required. Later he lapsed into indulgence (or assumed the mask of vice) and became a close friend of Nero. Accused by jealous Tigellinus of disloyalty and condemned, with self-opened veins he conversed lightly with friends, dined, drowsed, sent to Nero a survey of Nero's sexual deeds, and so died, 66 CE. The surviving parts of Petronius's romance Satyricon mix philosophy and real life, prose and verse, in a tale of the disreputable adventures of Encolpius and two companions, Ascyltus and Giton. In the course of their wanderings they attend a showy and wildly extravagant dinner given by a rich freedman, Trimalchio, whose guests talk about themselves and life in general. Other incidents are a shipwreck and somewhat lurid proceedings in South Italy. The work is written partly in pure Latin, but sometimes purposely in a more vulgar style. It parodies and otherwise attacks bad taste in literature, pedantry and hollow society. Apocolocyntosis, "Pumpkinification" (instead of deification), is probably by Seneca the wealthy philosopher and courtier (ca. 4 BCE-65 CE). It is a medley of prose and verse and a political satire on the Emperor Claudius written soon after he died in 54 CE and was deified.
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