The Satyricon
by Sullivan, J. P., (John Patrick), Morales, Helen, Petronius Arbiter
fromPenguin classics
Most likely written by an advisor of Nero, this title recounts the adventures of Encolpius and his companions as they travel around Italy. Estimated to date from 63 - 65 AD, and only surviving in fragments, it offers a satirical portrait of the age of Nero, in all its excesses a…
The Satyricon
by Sullivan, J. P., (John Patrick), Morales, Helen, Petronius Arbiter
fromPenguin classics
The Satyricon
by Sullivan, J. P., (John Patrick), Morales, Helen, Petronius Arbiter
fromPenguin classics
The Satyricon
by Sullivan, J. P., (John Patrick), Morales, Helen, Petronius Arbiter
fromPenguin classics
"'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, prieste…
Le satiricon
by Petronius Arbiter, Petronius Arbiter
fromCollection des universites de France
In the long, hot Roman Summer of AD 74, Marcus Didius Falco, private informer and spare-time poet, gives a reading for his family and friends. Things get out of hand as usual. The event is taken over by Aurelius Chrysippus, a wealthy Greek banker and patron to a group of struggl…
In the long, hot Roman Summer of AD 74, Marcus Didius Falco, private informer and spare-time poet, gives a reading for his family and friends. Things get out of hand as usual. The event is taken over by Aurelius Chrysippus, a wealthy Greek banker and patron to a group of struggl…
Marcus Didius Falco and his laddish friend Petronius find their local fountain has been blocked - by a gruesomely severed human hand. Soon other body parts are being found in the aqueducts and sewers. Public panic overcomes official indifference, and the Aventine partners are co…
The emperor Claudius tells of his life during the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula and the events that led to his rise to power in a classic novel reconstructing ancient Rome.
