Petronius

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

Riassunto

"Revised and reprinted 1969 ... Reprinted with corrections 1987."

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Petronius Arbiter, Petronius, Petronius Arbiter, Seneca, Seneca. Apocolocyntosis
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael Heseltine (Traduzione), W. H. D. Rouse (Traduzione), William Henry Denham Rouse (Traduzione)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.1970
• EAN: 9780674990166
• ISBN: 978-0-674-99016-6
• Pagine: 544
• Serie: Loeb Classical Library; Loeb classical library; Loeb Classical Library *CONTINS TO [e-mail]
• Categoria: Libri scolastici