{"product_id":"the-satyriconseneca-the-apocolocyntosis-isbn-9780140444896","title":"The Satyricon\/Seneca, The Apocolocyntosis","description":"Perhaps the strangest—and most strikingly modern—work to survive from the ancient world, \u003ci\u003eThe Satyricon\u003c\/i\u003e relates the hilarious mock epic adventures of the impotent Encolpius, and his struggle to regain virility. Here Petronius brilliantly brings to life the courtesans, legacy-hunters, pompous professors and dissolute priestesses of the age - and, above all, Trimalchio, the archetypal self-made millionaire whose pretentious vulgarity on an insanely grand scale makes him one of the great comic characters in literature. Seneca's \u003ci\u003eThe Apocolocyntosis\u003c\/i\u003e, a malicious skit on 'the deification of Claudius the Clod', was designed by the author to ingratiate himself with Nero, who was Claudius' successor. Together, the two provide a powerful insight into a darkly fascinating period of Roman history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.The Satyricon; The Apocolocyntosis\u003cb\u003ePETRONIUS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Author and Date of the \u003ci\u003eSatyricon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Extent of the Work and the Plot\u003cbr\u003eThe Literary Qualities of the Satyricon\u003cbr\u003eOn the Text and Translation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Satyricon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePuteoli\u003cbr\u003eDinner with Trimalshio\u003cbr\u003eEumolpus\u003cbr\u003eThe Road to Croton\u003cbr\u003eCroton\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Fragments and the Poems\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Characters\u003cbr\u003eNotes on the \u003ci\u003eSatyricon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes on the Fragments and Poems\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSENECA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Authorship and Date of the \u003ci\u003eApocolocyntosis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Place of the Work in Seneca's Writings\u003cbr\u003eThe Literary Qualities of the \u003ci\u003eApocolocyntosis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the Text and Translation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on the \u003ci\u003eApocolocyntosis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitus Petronius Arbiter\u003c\/b\u003e is reputedly the author of the \u003ci\u003eSatyricon\u003c\/i\u003e. According to Tacitus, Petronius' chief talent lay in the pursuit of pleasures, in which he displayed such exquisite refinement that he earned the unofficial title of the emperor Nero's 'arbiter of elegance' (\u003ci\u003earbiter elegantiae\u003c\/i\u003e). Court rivalry and jealousy contrived to cast on Petronius the suspicion that he was conspiring against the emperor, and he was ordered to commit suicide in A.D. 66. He gradually bled to death, opening his veins, binding and re-opening them, passing his last hours in social amusement and the composition of a catalogue of Nero's debaucheries.\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.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302359159013,"sku":"NP9780140444896","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140444896.jpg?v=1767741334","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-satyriconseneca-the-apocolocyntosis-isbn-9780140444896","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}