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The Satyricon

Paperback • 2009 • English • 1. edition

The Satyricon

By Petronius Arbiter

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`The language is refined, the smile not grave, My honest tongue recounts how men behave.' The Satyricon is the most celebrated work of fiction to have survived from the ancient world. It can be described as the first realistic novel, the father of the picaresque genre, and recounts the sleazy progress of a pair of literature scholars as they wander through the cities of the southern Mediterranean. En route they encounter type-figures the author wickedly satirizes - a teacher in higher education,...Show more

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9780199539215

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2009

Language

English

Edition

1

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The Satyricon

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Paperback

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