This is the first modern commentary on Petronius' Satyrica. It begins with basic background information, then surveys each episode in order that leading themes emerge. Finally, it gives an overview of Petronius' use of literary allusion and symbolism, and of his treatment of sex. All Latin and Greek quotations have been translated so that this volume may benefit both students of classical and comparative literature.
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"Courtney has made a number of discoveries that future studies will find tremendously useful. His observations on those Satyrica passages where Homer's Odyssey shines through deserve particular mention."--Journal of Roman Studies
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I've read and re-read this work with pleasure as well as profit, and of how many books can that be said? Professor Courtney tells you most everything which can be known about Petronius. He starts with introductory topics like the identity of Petronius and his relationship with Greek romance novels, then goes on to summarize and discuss the entire text of Petronius from start to finish, including even very fragmentary sections like the story of Circe. Because of its fragmentary state, Petronius' Satyricon will always be a mysterious work, but Professor Courtney's excellent book succeeds in making it a little less so.
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In AD 65 the conspiracy of Piso against Nero was detected and suppressed; among those suspected of involvement were Seneca and Lucan, who were forced to commit suicide. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Achilles Tatius, Xenophon of Ephesus, Musa Lapidaria, Dio Cass, Bellum Ciuile, Plato's Symposion, Civil War, New Comedy, New York, Tacitean Petronius, Horace's Cena Nasidieni, New Haven, Julius Proculus, Petronius Niger, Stith Thompson, Xenophon's Cyropedia New!
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- Cena Trimalchionis by Petronius on 6 pages
- Civil War (Oxford World's Classics) by Lucan on page 182, page 183, and page 186
- Ancient Greek Love Magic by Christopher A. Faraone on page 67, and page 196
- Seneca: Naturales Quaestiones, Books 1-3 (Loeb Classical Library No. 450) (Bks.I-III v. 1) by Seneca on page 216, and page 217
- The Latin Sexual Vocabulary by J. N. Adams in Front Matter, and page 68
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- Slaves in the New Testament: Literary, Social, and Moral Dimensions by J. Albert Harrill in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Departure and Consolation: The Johannine Farewell Discourses in Light of Greco-Roman (Supplements to Novum Testamentum) by George L. Parsenios on page 129, and Back Matter
- The Anglo-Saxon Library by Michael Lapidge on page 13, and Back Matter
- The Annals by Tacitus on page 349
- Classical Literature: A Concise History (Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World) by Richard Rutherford in Back Matter
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