The Satyricon — Volume 01: Introduction
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This new version from the 1922 edition, translated by W. C. Firebaugh, illustrated by Norman Lindsay (47 plates).Gaius Petronius Arbiter( c. 27 - 66 AD) was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero. He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian era (54-68 AD).The work is narrated by its central figure, Encolpius, a retired, famous gladiator of the area. The surviving sections of the novel begin with Encolpius traveling with a companion and former lover named Ascyltos, who has joined Encolpius on numerous escapad...
Chapters (40)
- THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER
- Volume 1.
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION.
- I
- THE SATYRICON.
- II
- THE AUTHOR.
- III
- REALISM.
- IV
- FORGERIES OF PETRONIUS.
- THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER
- VOLUME I. ADVENTURES OF ENCOLPIUS AND HIS COMPANIONS
- CHAPTER THE FIRST.
- CHAPTER THE SECOND.
- CHAPTER THE THIRD.
- CHAPTER THE FOURTH.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTH.
- CHAPTER THE SIXTH.
- CHAPTER THE SEVENTH.
- CHAPTER THE EIGHTH.
- CHAPTER THE NINTH.
- CHAPTER THE TENTH.
- CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH.
- CHAPTER THE TWELFTH.
- CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH.
- CHAPTER THE FOURTEENTH.
- CHAPTER THE FIFTEENTH.
- CHAPTER THE SIXTEENTH.
- CHAPTER THE SEVENTEENTH.
- CHAPTER THE EIGHTEENTH.
- CHAPTER THE NINETEENTH.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTIETH.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIRST.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SECOND.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-THIRD.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FOURTH.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-FIFTH.
- CHAPTER THE TWENTY-SIXTH.
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