The Satyricon

By: Petronius, Seneca, William Arrowsmith (Translator)

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Paperback | 1 November 1983 | Edition Number 1

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194 Pages

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20.32 x 13.49 x 1.14

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"This version by a translator who understands the high art of low humor is conspicuously funny."—Time

The Satyricon is a classic of comedy, a superbly funny picture of Nero''s Rome as seen through the eyes of Petronius, its most amorous and elegant courtier.

William Arrowsmith''s translation—a lively, modern, unexpurgated text—recaptures all the ribald humor of Petronius''s picaresque satire. It tells the hilarious story of the pleasure-seeking adventures of an educated rogue, Encolpius, his handsome serving boy, Giton, and Ascyltus, who lusts after Giton—three impure pilgrims who live by their wits and other men''s purses. The Satyricon unfailingly turns every weakness of the flesh, every foible of the mind, to laughter.

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-This version by a translator who understands the high art of low humor is conspicuously funny.- --Time-William Arrowsmith's translation of The Satyricon meets the two fundamental requirements of the translator's art: perfect fidelity to the original and a vitality of style that tempts the reader to believe that the English version is not a translation.... A classic of literature.- --Allen Tate-Arrowsmith's brilliant translation ... at one stroke renders every other version obsolete.- --London Times Literary Supplement "This version by a translator who understands the high art of low humor is conspicuously funny." --Time"William Arrowsmith's translation of The Satyricon meets the two fundamental requirements of the translator's art: perfect fidelity to the original and a vitality of style that tempts the reader to believe that the English version is not a translation.... A classic of literature." --Allen Tate"Arrowsmith's brilliant translation ... at one stroke renders every other version obsolete." --London Times Literary Supplement

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