The 'Satyrica' of Petronius : Petronii Arbitri 'Satyrica' Quae Supersunt / Wade Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Wade, 1943- author.

Series:

Phoenix. Supplementary volume ; Volume 63.

Phoenix Supplementary Volumes Series ; Volume 63

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Petronius Arbiter.

Criticism.

Genre:

Critiques litteraires.

Literary criticism.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (487 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2025]

Language Note:

Text in English and Latin.

Summary:

"The Satyrica of Petronius is a one-of-a-kind satirical comic novel in Latin: an engaging narrative of the shady, sex-and-cash-engrossed lives of men and women in provincial first-century Italy. No critical edition in English of comparable scope exists. In this treatment, Wade Richardson, after a life's work on the Satyrica, investigates and delineates the ingenuity and skill of the author in all features of writerly craft, within the framework of the latest critical text and a translation lively enough to satisfy the demands of today's audiences. Incorporating eighty new and fully argued emendations, the bulk of this volume is a facing-page text and translation, choosing English for the obverse (recto), with elaborative notes, and Latin for the reverse (verso), with an abundant apparatus. This is preceded by an introduction describing the multifarious problems posed by author and work. The edition is intended to give pure enjoyment to everyone – from curious students of Latin and beyond, including their teachers and professors – by providing a unique linguistic, literary, and cultural exposure to the author and his work."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Introduction: Petronius the (Comic) Novelist

Petronii Arbitri Satyrica Quae Supersunt

I At The School of Rhetoric

2 Habits of The Heart, I

3 At The Flea Market

4 Quartilla’s Party

5 Dinner With Trimalchio

6 Habits of The Heart, II

7 The Wisdom of Eumolpus

8 Habits of The Heart, III

9 Adventure at Sea

10 Entering Croton: a Plan and a Poem

11 Circe and Polyaenus

12 Last Days in Croton

ANNEXE: ARGUED EMENDATIONS, WITH INDEX

AGGREGATE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS CITED OR ENLISTED FOR THIS VOLUME

INDEX PERSONARUM IN EXPOSITIONE NARRATIONIS

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781487550721

1487550723

OCLC:

1439043320