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| Title: | Satyricon
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| Author: | Petronius; Translated by Sarah Ruden |
| ISBN: | 0872205118 : 9780872205116 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 150x210mm |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Weight: | .39 Kg. |
| Published: | Hackett Publishing - March 2000 |
| List Price: | 27.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: classical; early & medieval: Ancient Greek & Roman philosophy |
This new Satyricon features not only a lively, new, annotated translation of the text, but also fresh, and accessible commentaries that discuss Petronius' masterpiece in terms of such topics as the identity of Petronius, the transmission of his manuscript, literary influences on the Satyricon, and the distinctive literary form of this work -- as well as such hallmarks of Roman life as oratory, sexual practices, households, dinner parties, religion, and philosophy. It offers, in short, a remarkably informative and engaging account of major aspects of Imperial Roman culture as seen through the prism of our first extant novel.
