Description

"This version by a translator who understands the high art of low humor is conspicuously funny."—Time

The Satyricon is a classic of comedy, a superbly funny picture of Nero's Rome as seen through the eyes of Petronius, its most amorous and elegant courtier.

William Arrowsmith's translation—a lively, modern, unexpurgated text—recaptures all the ribald humor of Petronius's picaresque satire. It tells the hilarious story of the pleasure-seeking adventures of an educated rogue, Encolpius, his handsome serving boy, Giton, and Ascyltus, who lusts after Giton—three impure pilgrims who live by their wits and other men's purses. The Satyricon unfailingly turns every weakness of the flesh, every foible of the mind, to laughter.

About the Author

People credit Roman courtier Gaius Petronius, known as Petronius Arbiter, with writing theSatyricon.People generally think that he during the reign of Nero Claudius Caesar, which began in 54, authored this satirical novel.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PetroniusAlternative spellings for Petronius:Brazilian Portuguese:PetrônioFrench:PétroneSpanish:PetronioGreek:Πετρώνιοςhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronius