Author: Petronius Arbiter
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Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Dal Satyricon: Cena Trimalchionis, Troiae Halosis, Bellum Civile
Author: Petronius Arbiter
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Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The Language of the Freedmen in Petronius' Cena Trimalchionis
Author: B. Boyce
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004329137
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Realistic representation of the speech of the lower classes in ancient literature is largely confined to the comic genres, and Petronius' realism in this area is more thorough-going than that of any other ancient author. A vast scholarly literature has grown up around the question of how faithfully the speeches of Petronius' freedmen reflect characteristics of actual popular speech; this literature is reviewed and evaluated. A survey of the phonological, morphological, lexical, and syntactic peculiarities in these speeches is then undertaken, in which they are compared with other 'vulgar' Latin sources such as the Pompeian inscriptions; Petronius is in fact one of our most important early sources for the study of popular Latin. The way in which Petronius used specific varieties of non-standard Latin to characterize different freedmen speakers is explored: Petronius has subtly modulated his freedmen's speeches to reflect differing emotional states and the different attitudes of the speakers toward their social position. The present study is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject undertaken in over forty years in any language and the only one in English.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004329137
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Realistic representation of the speech of the lower classes in ancient literature is largely confined to the comic genres, and Petronius' realism in this area is more thorough-going than that of any other ancient author. A vast scholarly literature has grown up around the question of how faithfully the speeches of Petronius' freedmen reflect characteristics of actual popular speech; this literature is reviewed and evaluated. A survey of the phonological, morphological, lexical, and syntactic peculiarities in these speeches is then undertaken, in which they are compared with other 'vulgar' Latin sources such as the Pompeian inscriptions; Petronius is in fact one of our most important early sources for the study of popular Latin. The way in which Petronius used specific varieties of non-standard Latin to characterize different freedmen speakers is explored: Petronius has subtly modulated his freedmen's speeches to reflect differing emotional states and the different attitudes of the speakers toward their social position. The present study is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject undertaken in over forty years in any language and the only one in English.
A Reading of Petronius' Satyrica
Author: Lee Fratantuono
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1666933066
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Few surviving works of classical literature have cast the haunting, hilarious, insightful, and eerie spell conjured by the Satyricon of the Neronian courtier and eventual victim Petronius. Fragmentary, opaque, and enigmatic, at times it seems that deception and obfuscation are the favorite tricks of its author. A Reading of Petronius’ Satyricon offers a fresh look at this genre-defying masterpiece, proceeding episode by episode and scene by scene through a vision of the hell that humanity has fashioned for itself. Petronius mercilessly and exactingly appraises Rome’s embrace of the Golden Age dreams of the Augustan principate, judging his fellow citizens and himself by the yardstick of the Neronian reign that broods over them like an avenging specter. Petronius' Satyricon offers medicine for ambulatory corpses, a prescription that consists of notifying the dead of the diagnosis, and of pointing out the inevitable and eminently logical antidote for those consumed by insatiable hunger and unfulfillable longing. Bitterly sardonic and preternaturally serene, Lee Fratantuono’s reading reveals Petronius to be nothing less than the ultimate literary voice of a dying dynasty, a prose and poetic verbal magician of serious intention, a virtuoso in the art of unmasking the ghoulish horror and inconsolable sadness that lurk often just below the surface of the comic.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1666933066
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Few surviving works of classical literature have cast the haunting, hilarious, insightful, and eerie spell conjured by the Satyricon of the Neronian courtier and eventual victim Petronius. Fragmentary, opaque, and enigmatic, at times it seems that deception and obfuscation are the favorite tricks of its author. A Reading of Petronius’ Satyricon offers a fresh look at this genre-defying masterpiece, proceeding episode by episode and scene by scene through a vision of the hell that humanity has fashioned for itself. Petronius mercilessly and exactingly appraises Rome’s embrace of the Golden Age dreams of the Augustan principate, judging his fellow citizens and himself by the yardstick of the Neronian reign that broods over them like an avenging specter. Petronius' Satyricon offers medicine for ambulatory corpses, a prescription that consists of notifying the dead of the diagnosis, and of pointing out the inevitable and eminently logical antidote for those consumed by insatiable hunger and unfulfillable longing. Bitterly sardonic and preternaturally serene, Lee Fratantuono’s reading reveals Petronius to be nothing less than the ultimate literary voice of a dying dynasty, a prose and poetic verbal magician of serious intention, a virtuoso in the art of unmasking the ghoulish horror and inconsolable sadness that lurk often just below the surface of the comic.
The Classical Review
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Category : Classical philology
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Category : Classical philology
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Roman Satire
Author: Ulrich Knoche
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Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This general study of Roman satire both describes the historical development of Roman verse satire as a homogenous genre and examines the great Roman satiric poets as individuals.
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Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This general study of Roman satire both describes the historical development of Roman verse satire as a homogenous genre and examines the great Roman satiric poets as individuals.
The National union catalog, 1968-1972
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Mnemosyne
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Category : Classical philology
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Category : Classical philology
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Library of Congress Catalogs
Author: Library of Congress
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Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Widener Library Shelflist: Latin literature
Author: Harvard University. Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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