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Availability:In StockContributor:Petronius, Seneca, William Arrowsmith (Translator)Audience:Young AdultPublish date:1983-11-01Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780452010055ISBN-10:452010055UPC:9780452010055Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Historical, LiterarySize:8.03 x 5.42 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.3902Product ID:SCF36BKM08
The Satyricon
"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...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780452010055ISBN-10:452010055UPC:9780452010055Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Historical, LiterarySize:8.03 x 5.42 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.3902Product ID:SCF36BKM08
Gaius Petronius Arbiter was a Roman courtier. He was the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel written during the Neronian era. Lucius Annaeus Seneca, statesman, philosopher, advocate and man of letters, was born at Cordoba in Spain around 4 BC. He rose to prominence in Rome, pursuing a career in the courts and political life, for which he had been trained, while also acquiring celebrity as...
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
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