The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter
by Petronius Arbiter
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"It is not enough to say that "The Satyricon" depicts the degeneracy of Roman life under Nero; that it is a consummate tale of roguery; that it is an essentially moral commentary on evil and hypocrisy. It is all these and more; it is a supreme work of art. It ranks with Gargantua and Pentagruel, Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels and Joyce's Ulysses as landmarks of European writing." -- Dust jacket flaps.
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Latin Satire, Translations into French, Fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Rome, fiction, Bisexual men, Latin literature, Open Library Staff Picks, Translations into English, Humor, Readers, Latin Inscriptions, Translations into Spanish, Criticism and interpretation, Latin language, Literary collections, Translations into Italian, Latin fiction, Translations into German, History, Latin language materials, Fiction, humorous, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Satire, latin, Latin literature, translations into english, Fiction, gay, Fiction, historical, general, Kommentar, Fiction, general, Anecdotes, Fiction, romance, general, Satire,Latin, Fiction (fictional works by one author), Classic Literature, Latin poetry, Translations into Russian, Satira E Humor Latino, Ancient, Satire, latin--translations into english, Pa6558.e5 r83 2000, 873/.01Places
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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.
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