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Petronius / with an English translation by Michael Heseltine, revised by E.H. Warmington. Apocolocyntosis / Seneca ; with an English translation by W.H.D. Rouse.
LIBRA PA6156 .P4 1969
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Loeb classical library ; 15.
- The Loeb classical library ; 15
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Petronius Arbiter--Translations into English.
- Petronius Arbiter.
- Claudius, Emperor of Rome, 10 B.C.-54 A.D--Humor.
- Claudius.
- Claudius, Emperor of Rome, 10 B.C.-54 A.D.
- Rome setting.
- Rome.
- Italy, Southern setting.
- Italy, Southern.
- Satire, Latin.
- Southern Italy.
- Rome (Empire).
- Petronius Arbiter. Satyricon.
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Apocolocyntosis.
- Genre:
- Satirical literature.
- Picaresque fiction.
- Humorous fiction.
- Translations into English.
- Satire, Latin -- Translations into English.
- Latin fiction -- Translations into English.
- Satire, Latin.
- Latin fiction.
- Fiction.
- Humor.
- Translations.
- Physical Description:
- xlvi, 497 pages ; 17 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press ; London, England : William Heinemann Ltd., 1969.
- Language Note:
- English and Latin texts on opposite pages.
- Summary:
- Petronius's picaresque novel (probably written during Nero's reign) presents in lurid detail the disreputable travels and adventures of Encolpius, a swashbuckling young coward lacking both morals and income. It has been called a kaleidoscope picture of literature, lust, and life. Perhaps best known are the chapters describing Trimalchio's wildly extravagant dinner party with rambunctious entertainment. For the revised edition, Warmington debowdlerized Heseltine's translation and expanded the explanatory notes. This volume also contains < "
- Contents:
- Petronius: Preface. Introduction. Satyricon. Fragments. Poems
- Seneca: Apocolocyntosis
- Index to Petronius
- Index to Seneca.
- Notes:
- English and Latin.
- First editions of these translations originally published 1913. Both the Latin text and the English translation of the 1913 edition of the Satyricon have been significantly revised by E.H. Warmington. H.E. Butler's 1913 Latin edition of the poems remains.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Container of: Petronius Arbiter. Satyricon. English (Warmington)
- Container of: Petronius Arbiter. Satyricon. Latin (Warmington)
- Container of: Petronius Arbiter. Poems. English (Heseltine)
- Container of: Petronius Arbiter. Poems. Latin (Butler)
- Container of (expression: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Apocolocyntosis. English (Rouse)
- Container of (expression: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Apocolocyntosis. Latin (Buecheler)
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. Apocolocyntosis.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Petronius Arbiter. Satyricon. English & Latin. Petronius.
- ISBN:
- 0434990159
- 9780434990153
- 0674990161
- 9780674990166
- OCLC:
- 204628
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