Satyricon / Petronius ; translated, with notes and topical commentaries, by Sarah Ruden.

Author: Petronius Arbiter.

Imprint:Indianapolis : Hackett Pub. Co., c2000.

Descriptionix, 193 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Note:Satyricon -- Part 1: Introducting Encolpius, Ascyltos, and Giton -- Part 2: Quartilla's orgy -- Part 3: Trimalchio's dinner party -- Part 4: Eumolpus -- Part 5: The ship of Lichas - Part 6. Croton -- Commentaries -- 1. Who was Petronius anyway? -- 2. What happened to the text of the Satyricon? -- 3. Roman oratory -- 4. Ancient views on sexuality -- 5. The Roman household -- 6. Roman dinner parties -- 7. Roman religion -- 8. Some literary influences on the Satyricon -- 9. Poetry, prose, and the Satyricon -- 10. Roman philosophy in the Satyricon.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-193).

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