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The Satyricon: the Apocolocyntosis

the Apocolocyntosis

Petronius, Seneca

Penguin
Publication date : 2005-01-27

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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.

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About the book

Author

Petronius , Seneca

Imprint

Penguin

Collection

n.c

Publication date

2005-01-27

Pages

256 pages

Print ISBN

9780140444896

Language

English

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EAN EPUB

9780141935157

Price

£8.99

Copy count 25

Print count 25

File size 1823 Ko

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Petronius

Seneca

J.P. Sullivan has held appointments in Classics or Arts and Letters at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Texas, Buffalo, Minnesota, ad Hawaii. He is the author of The Satyricon of Petronius: A Literary Study, Propertius: A Critical Introduction, Literature and Plitics in the Age of Nero and Martial: The Unexpected Classic.

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