Work

Satyricon

First published 1711311 editionsOL503861W

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An incomplete Roman novel believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius Arbiter. What remains of the novel is a picaresque story concerning the narrator’s battle to keep his lover, a handsome sixteen year old boy, away from his many rivals.

Subjects

Latin SatireTranslations into FrenchFictionFiction, humorous, generalRome, fictionBisexual menLatin literatureOpen Library Staff PicksTranslations into EnglishHumorReadersLatin InscriptionsTranslations into SpanishCriticism and interpretationLatin languageLiterary collectionsTranslations into ItalianLatin fictionTranslations into GermanHistoryLatin language materialsFiction, humorousContinental european fiction (fictional works by one author)Satire, latin

Places

RomePompeii (Extinct city)ItalyRome (Empire)

People

Petronius ArbiterClaudius Emperor of Rome (10 B.C.-54 A.D)

Times

Nero, 54-68

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