Author: Petronius
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141935154
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
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.
The Satyricon: the Apocolocyntosis
Author: Petronius
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141935154
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141935154
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
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.
The Satyricon and Seneca
Author: Petronius
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
The Satyricon
Author: Petronius Arbiter
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0140444890
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
First published in 1965.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0140444890
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
First published in 1965.
The Satyricon
Author: Petronius Arbiter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Satire, Latin
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Satire, Latin
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Satyricon
Author: Petronius Arbiter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Satyricon. Apocolocyntosis
Author: Petronius
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780674997370
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The Satyrica, traditionally attributed to the Neronian courtier Petronius, is a comic-picaresque fiction recalling the narrator's adventures in the early imperial demimonde, including Trimalchio's banquet. Apocolocyntosis (Pumpkinification) is a satirical pamphlet lampooning the death and deification of the emperor Claudius.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780674997370
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The Satyrica, traditionally attributed to the Neronian courtier Petronius, is a comic-picaresque fiction recalling the narrator's adventures in the early imperial demimonde, including Trimalchio's banquet. Apocolocyntosis (Pumpkinification) is a satirical pamphlet lampooning the death and deification of the emperor Claudius.
The Satyricon
Author: Petronius Arbiter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Satyricon/[by]Petronius. The Apocolocyntosis/[by] Seneca
Author: Petronius Arbiter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Empire of the Self
Author: Christopher Star
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421407264
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Christopher Star uncovers significant points of contact between Seneca and Petronius, two important Roman writers long thought to be antagonists. In The Empire of the Self, Christopher Star studies the question of how political reality affects the concepts of body, soul, and self. Star argues that during the early Roman Empire the establishment of autocracy and the development of a universal ideal of individual autonomy were mutually enhancing phenomena. The Stoic ideal of individual empire or complete self-command is a major theme of Seneca’s philosophical works. The problematic consequences of this ideal are explored in Seneca’s dramatic and satirical works, as well as in the novel of his contemporary Petronius. Star examines the rhetorical links between these diverse texts. He also demonstrates a significant point of contact between two writers generally thought to be antagonists—the idea that imperial speech structures reveal the self.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421407264
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Christopher Star uncovers significant points of contact between Seneca and Petronius, two important Roman writers long thought to be antagonists. In The Empire of the Self, Christopher Star studies the question of how political reality affects the concepts of body, soul, and self. Star argues that during the early Roman Empire the establishment of autocracy and the development of a universal ideal of individual autonomy were mutually enhancing phenomena. The Stoic ideal of individual empire or complete self-command is a major theme of Seneca’s philosophical works. The problematic consequences of this ideal are explored in Seneca’s dramatic and satirical works, as well as in the novel of his contemporary Petronius. Star examines the rhetorical links between these diverse texts. He also demonstrates a significant point of contact between two writers generally thought to be antagonists—the idea that imperial speech structures reveal the self.
The Satyricon and the Apocolocyntosis
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description