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The Satyricon | Petronius

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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.

Leftcoastzen

The Satyricon | Petronius

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This has been on my TBR for years , I bought this lovely copy years ago , who knows when I will get around to reading it!

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Eggs Ever seen the film Satyricon directed by Federico Fellini? 1y

Leftcoastzen @Eggs I have seen several of Felinnis films but not that one.😀 1y

Eggs @Leftcoastzen I don‘t know if they‘re even related. 1y

Bookwomble The tagged book I finished today, set in a New York hotel in the 1920s, has a chapter called "The Banquet", which extracts a big chunk of Petronius's "Trimalchio's Banquet" to make a satirical comparison to the author's American contemporaries. It's neat to see your post about the Satyricon, as it's now on my Radar of Book Acquisitiveness ?

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Leftcoastzen @Bookwomble a great example of how one book leads to another!😂 1y

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Texreader

Satyricon | Petronius

I love that my daughter (she just finished the tagged book) thought that last sentence described me well. Yep. I‘ve read that the Greeks were not kind to women. I‘d definitely be huffy.

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