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 wasdeified.
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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 wasdeified.
Imprint | LOEB |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Loeb Classical Library *CONTINS TO [email protected] |
Release date | 1913 |
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First published | 1913 |
Authors | Petronius, Seneca |
Translators | Michael Heseltine, W.H.D. Rouse |
Revised by | Eric Herbert Warmington |
Dimensions | 168 x 113 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover |
Pages | 497 |
Edition | Revised edition |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-99016-6 |
Barcode | 9780674990166 |
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LSN | 0-674-99016-1 |