The Satyricon

Author : Titus Petronius Arbiter
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Satyricon written by Titus Petronius Arbiter and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Satyricon" is also known as the book of the Satyrlike adventure which contains a mixture of prose and verse. The work is narrated by its central figure, Encolpius. The surviving sections of the novel begin with Encolpius traveling with a companion and former lover named Ascyltos, who has joined Encolpius on numerous escapades. Encolpius' slave, Giton, is at his owner's lodging when the story begins. It is a prosimetrum for classical scholars and lovers of literature.

Author : Gian Biagio Conte
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520918509
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hidden Author written by Gian Biagio Conte and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Satyricon of Petronius, a comic novel written in the first century A.D., is famous today primarily for its amazing banquet tale, "Trimalchio's Feast." But this episode is only one part of the larger picture of life during Nero's rule presented in the work. In this accessible discussion of Petronius's masterful use of parody, Gian Biagio Conte offers an interpretation of the Satyricon as a whole. He combines the scholarly precision of close reading with a significant, original theoretical model. At the heart of his interpretation, Conte reveals the technique of the "hidden author" that Petronius employs at the expense of his characters, in particular the teller of the story, Enclopius. By remaining hidden outside the narrative, Petronius invites the reader to smile at the folies de grandeur that occur in a culture of scholars and declaimers. Yet as Conte shows, behind the parody and inexhaustible humor of the Satyricon lies an unexpectedly serious lament. For those familiar with the Satyricon, as well as for new readers, Conte's book will be a reliable, enjoyable guide to the wonders the Satyricon contains.

Author : P.G. Walsh
Publisher : Bristol Classical Press
ISBN 13 : 9781853994500
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Roman Novel written by P.G. Walsh and published by Bristol Classical Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Satyricon" of Petronius and the "Metamorphoses" (or "The Golden Ass") of Apuleius are the only novels written at Rome before AD 200 to have survived. The genre is the comic romance, the literature of relaxation in the ancient world. This study defines the genre and sets it in the context of other forms of fiction of the period. It shows that both Petronius and Apuleius introduced important innovations into the traditional comic romance. A critical study of "The Satyricon" is included, with a separate chapter on Trimalchio's feast, a central comic episode of the book. "The Golden Ass" is similarly examined, again with special analysis of its centre piece, the story of Cupid and Psyche. The book assesses the later influence of the two novels on the mainstream of European picaresque fiction.

Author : Petronius Arbiter
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331699913
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cena Trimalchionis (Classic Reprint) written by Petronius Arbiter and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cena Trimalchionis For his helpful criticisms, and to Professor Lodge for the kindness he has shown in permitting me the full and free use of his large library at all times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Petronius Arbiter
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1442933259
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Satyricon (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 24pt Edition) written by Petronius Arbiter and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 1932 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Catherine M. Connors
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521030892
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Petronius the Poet written by Catherine M. Connors and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the thirty short poems and two long ones that form part of Petronius' Satyricon, the oldest surviving work of prose fiction in the Western tradition. Unlike general studies of Petronius that do not consider the verse in much detail, and a recent commentary on the short poems that treats them in isolation, this book presents detailed close readings of these poems in their fictional and literary historical contexts. All Latin and Greek is translated.

Author : Petronius Arbiter
Publisher : G.N. Morang
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trimalchio's Dinner written by Petronius Arbiter and published by G.N. Morang. This book was released on 1898 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Petronius
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 014196975X
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Satyricon written by Petronius and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Satyricon is one of the most outrageous and strikingly modern works to have survived from the ancient world. Most likely written by an advisor of Nero, it recounts the adventures of Encolpius and his companions as they travel around Italy, encountering courtesans, priestesses, con men, brothel-keepers, pompous professors and, above all, Trimalchio, the nouveau riche millionaire whose debauched feasting and pretentious vulgarity make him one of the great comic characters in literature. Estimated to date from 63 - 65 AD, and only surviving in fragments, The Satyricon nevertheless offers an unmatched satirical portrait of the age of Nero, in all its excesses and chaos.

Author : Petronius
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780674997370
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Satyricon. Apocolocyntosis written by Petronius and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Satyrica, traditionally attributed to the Neronian courtier Petronius, is a comic-picaresque fiction recalling the narrator's adventures in the early imperial demimonde, including Trimalchio's banquet. Apocolocyntosis (Pumpkinification) is a satirical pamphlet lampooning the death and deification of the emperor Claudius.

Author : Petronius
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141935154
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Satyricon: the Apocolocyntosis written by Petronius and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-01-27 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.