{"product_id":"the-satyricon-isbn-9780452010055","title":"The Satyricon","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This version by a translator who understands the high art of low humor is conspicuously funny.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Satyricon\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cp\u003eWilliam 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.  \u003ci\u003eThe Satyricon \u003c\/i\u003eunfailingly turns every weakness of the flesh, every foible of the mind, to laughter.\u003c\/p\u003eThe SatyriconI. Among the Rhetoricians\u003cbr\u003e II. Giton, Ascyltus, and I\u003cbr\u003e III. Lost Treasure Recovered\u003cbr\u003e IV. The Priestess of Priapus\u003cbr\u003e V. Dinner with Trimalchio\u003cbr\u003e VI. Giton, Ascyltus, and I Again\u003cbr\u003e VII. I Meet Eumolpus\u003cbr\u003e VIII. Old Loves and New Rivals\u003cbr\u003e IX. Lichas and Tyrphaena\u003cbr\u003e X. Discovered\u003cbr\u003e XI. The Pleasures of Peace\u003cbr\u003e XII. Shipwrecked\u003cbr\u003e XIII. The Road to Croton\u003cbr\u003e XIV. Eumolpus on the Writing of Poetry\u003cbr\u003e XV. Life at Croton\u003cbr\u003e XVI. Circe\u003cbr\u003e XVII. A Second Attempt\u003cbr\u003e XVIII. I Take Myself in Hand\u003cbr\u003e XIX. Oenothea\u003cbr\u003e XX. Interlude with Chrysis\u003cbr\u003e XXI. Philomela\u003cbr\u003e XXII. Restored\u003cbr\u003e XXIII. Matters at Croton Come to a Head\u003cbr\u003e XXIV. Eumolpus Makes His Will\u003cbr\u003e Notes\"This version by a translator who understands the high art of low humor is conspicuously funny.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eTime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"William Arrowsmith's translation of \u003cb\u003eThe Satyricon\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e —Allen Tate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Arrowsmith's brilliant translation … at one stroke renders every other version obsolete.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eLondon Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eGaius Petronius Arbiter\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas a Roman courtier. He was the author of the \u003ci\u003eSatyricon\u003c\/i\u003e, a satirical novel written during the Neronian era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucius Annaeus Seneca\u003c\/b\u003e, statesman, philosopher, advocate and man of letters, was born at Cordoba in Spain around 4 BC. He rose to prominence in Rome, pursuing a career in the courts and political life, for which he had been trained, while also acquiring celebrity as an author of tragedies and essays. Falling foul of successive emperors (Caligula in AD 39 and Claudius in AD 41), he spent eight years in exile, allegedly for an affair with Caligula’s sister. Recalled in AD 49, he was made praetor and was appointed tutor to the boy who was to become, in AD 54, the emperor Nero. On Nero’s succession, Seneca acted for some eight years as an unofficial chief minister. The early part of this reign was remembered as a period of sound government, for which the main credit seems due to Seneca. His control over Nero declined as enemies turned the emperor against him with representations that his popularity made him a danger, or with accusations of immorality or excessive wealth. Retiring from public life he devoted his last three years to philosophy and writing, particularly the \u003ci\u003eLetters to Lucilius.\u003c\/i\u003e In AD 65 following the discovery of a plot against the emperor, in which he was thought to be implicated, he and many others were compelled by Nero to commit suicide. His fame as an essayist and dramatist lasted until two or three centuries ago, when he passed into literary oblivion, from which the twentieth century has seen a considerable recovery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Arrowsmith\u003c\/b\u003e was an American classicist, academic, and translator. His translations include works by Euripides, Aristophanes\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand Petronius.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe died in 1992.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305443250405,"sku":"NP9780452010055","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452010055.jpg?v=1767741334","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-satyricon-isbn-9780452010055","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}