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Petronius - The Satyricon - Paperback
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Description: 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.
Title: The Satyricon
Author(s): Petronius, Helen Morales
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780140448054
Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/31/2012
Category: Fiction In Translation
Description: 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.
Title: The Satyricon
Author(s): Petronius, Helen Morales
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780140448054
Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/31/2012
Category: Fiction In Translation
