[PDF] The Satyricon The Apocolocyntosis eBook

Author : Petronius
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 15,8 MB
Release : 2005-01-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0141935154

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Perhaps the strangest - and most strikingly modern - work to survive from the ancient world, The Satyricon relates the hilarious mock epic adventures of the impotent Encolpius, and his struggle to regain virility. Here Petronius brilliantly brings to life the courtesans, legacy-hunters, pompous professors and dissolute priestesses of the age - and, above all, Trimalchio, the archetypal self-made millionaire whose pretentious vulgarity on an insanely grand scale makes him one of the great comic characters in literature. Seneca's The Apocolocyntosis, a malicious skit on 'the deification of Claudius the Clod', was designed by the author to ingratiate himself with Nero, who was Claudius' successor. Together, the two provide a powerful insight into a darkly fascinating period of Roman history.

Author : Petronius Arbiter
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 13,72 MB
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Satyricon — Complete" by Petronius Arbiter. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Petronius Arbiter
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0140444890

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First published in 1965.

Author : Petronius
Publisher :
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 40,87 MB
Release : 2020-11-27
Category :
ISBN : 9780674997370

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The Satyrica, traditionally attributed to the Neronian courtier Petronius, is a comic-picaresque fiction recalling the narrator's adventures in the early imperial demimonde, including Trimalchio's banquet. Apocolocyntosis (Pumpkinification) is a satirical pamphlet lampooning the death and deification of the emperor Claudius.

Author : Christopher Star
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 36,52 MB
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1421407264

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Christopher Star uncovers significant points of contact between Seneca and Petronius, two important Roman writers long thought to be antagonists. In The Empire of the Self, Christopher Star studies the question of how political reality affects the concepts of body, soul, and self. Star argues that during the early Roman Empire the establishment of autocracy and the development of a universal ideal of individual autonomy were mutually enhancing phenomena. The Stoic ideal of individual empire or complete self-command is a major theme of Seneca’s philosophical works. The problematic consequences of this ideal are explored in Seneca’s dramatic and satirical works, as well as in the novel of his contemporary Petronius. Star examines the rhetorical links between these diverse texts. He also demonstrates a significant point of contact between two writers generally thought to be antagonists—the idea that imperial speech structures reveal the self.