A translation of Petronius's "Satyrica", a bizarre odyssey through the carnivalesque landscape of Nero's empire. The chronology, introduction and commentary offer a background on Petronius's social milieu and the complexity of the novel's poetic structure.
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A translation of Petronius's "Satyrica", a bizarre odyssey through the carnivalesque landscape of Nero's empire. The chronology, introduction and commentary offer a background on Petronius's social milieu and the complexity of the novel's poetic structure.
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Add this copy of The Satyrica to cart. $6.00, very good condition, Sold by Olympia Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dowagiac, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by University of California Press.
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Add this copy of Satyrica to cart. $19.95, very good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by University of California Press.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1996. 224 pgs. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Encolpius, a soldier of fortune, despiser of pedantry, lecherous and contrary, and the beautiful Giton, who lives off his charms, are invited to a gargantuan banquet hosted by the prodigal, pompous, newly rich Trimalchio. When the feast turns into a riot, the two, joined by the down-on-his-luck poet Eumolpus, leave town quickly to avoid trouble. So begins the Satyrica, a bizarre odyssey through the carnivalesque landscape of Nero's empire. EB; 6.5 X 1 X 9.75 inches; 224 pages.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Pages faintly yellowed. Thin, slight stains on front endpaper. A few light spots of foxing but otherwise a tidy copy in tight binding.
Add this copy of Satyrica. Edited and Translated By R. Bracht Branham to cart. $30.00, like new condition, Sold by Quercus Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chico, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by University of California Press.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Gaius Petronius, known as Arbiter for the Emperor Nero, penned one of the greatest of satires. Here is a new, "gritty" translation for the modern reader. First published in England by Dent; this is a Fine copy of the First American Edition. Burgundy cloth binding with gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 184 pages. The dustjacket is Fine; in an archival plastic protector.