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THE SATYRICON AND THE FRAGMENTS
by PETRONIUS
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good condition/Cover in color
- Seller
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Lucca, Italy
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About This Item
Harmondsworth / Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1972. 'Penguin Classics'. The cover shows part of the second-century Roman mosaic in the Louvre. Set in Linotype Granjon. Translated with an introduction by J. P. Sullivan. Contents: I). Introduction. 1). The authorship and date of the 'Satyricon'. 2). The extent of the work and the plot. 3). The literary qualities of the 'Satyricon'. 4). On the translation. II). The Satiticon. 1). Puteoli. 2). Dinner with Trimalchio. 3). Eumolpus. 4). The road to Croton. 5). Croton. III). The fragments. With list of characters and notes on the text. Gaius Petronius Arbiter (ca. 27 - 66 AD) was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero. He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian era. The work contains a mixture of prose and verse (prosimetrum), serious and comic elements, erotic and decadent passages. 203 + (1) pag. Revised reprint of the 1965 edition. Paperback. Good condition/Cover in color. 18cmx11cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Festina Lente
(IT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030600
- Title
- THE SATYRICON AND THE FRAGMENTS
- Author
- PETRONIUS
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- Cover in color
- Edition
- Revised reprint of the 1965 edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth / Middlesex
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- italia puteoli trimalchio eumolpus croton nero
- Size
- 18cmx11cm
Terms of Sale
Festina Lente
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Festina Lente
Biblio member since 2014
Lucca
About Festina Lente
Italian (translated) literature and books about Italy.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.