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Synopsis
The marvelously entertaining parody of imperial Rome
One of the most outrageous and strikingly modern works to have survived from the ancient world, The Satyricon offers an unmatched satirical portrait of the age of Nero, in all its excesses and chaos. 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.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Titus Petronius Arbiter, the purported author of The Satyricon, was an advisor to the Roman emperor Nero. The victim of court intrigue, he commited suicide in AD 66.
J.P. Sullivan (d. 1993) was a professor of classics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Helen Morales is an associate professor of classics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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"This version by a translator who understands the high art of low humor is conspicuously funny."
—Time
"William Arrowsmith's translation of The Satyricon meets the two fundamental requirements of the translator's art: perfect fidelity to the original and a vitality of style that tempts the reader to believe that the English version is not a translation.... A classic of literature."
—Allen Tate
"Arrowsmith's brilliant translation ... at one stroke renders every other version obsolete."
—London Times Literary Supplement
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0140448055
- ISBN 13 9780140448054
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
- EditorMorales Helen
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