The satyricon
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Contributions
- Walsh, P. G. - Contributor
Publication
2009 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England
Language
English
Word Count
59,690 words, Calculated
Page Count
212 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivesatyricon0000petr_o0b4
- ISBN-139780199539215
- ISBN-100199539219
- Goodreads6471593
- LibraryThing51738
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- Library of Congress Control Number2009291570
- OCLC Control Number277068174
- Better World Books9780199539215
- Open LibraryOL23678808M
Classifications
- DDC873/.01
- LCCPA6558.E5 W3 2009
Description
An incomplete Roman novel believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius Arbiter. What remains of the novel is a picaresque story concerning the narrator’s battle to keep his lover, a handsome sixteen year old boy, away from his many rivals.
Description
"The Satyricon is the most celebrated prose work to have survived from the ancient world. It can be described as the first realistic novel, the father of the picaresque genre. It recounts the sleazy progress of a pair of literate scholars as they wander through the cities of the southern Mediterranean in the age of Nero, encountering en route type-figures whom the author wishes to satirize. P.G. Walsh captures the spirit of the original in this new and lively translation. His introduction and detailed notes provide the reader with a comprehensive guide to the meanings and intentions of the story and the later history of its literary influence." -- Publisher.
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- Fiction
Series Statement
- Oxford world's classics
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