This manuscript is described as "Fragments from the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Books of the Satire of Petronius Arbiter"; we may assume, therefore, that the whole Satire was immensely long, a life-work,...

The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter is a Roman novel dating back to the 1st century AD and is considered one of the earliest examples of a picaresque novel. The book is a satirical work that follows the...

It is one of the two most extensive witnesses to the Roman novel (the only other being the fully extant Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which has significant differences in style and plot). Satyricon is also...

The Satyricon is one of the most outrageous and strikingly modern works to have survived from the ancient world. Most likely written by an advisor of Nero, it recounts the adventures of Encolpius and...

The Satyricon is a Roman work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius or Petronius Arbiter, as he is more commonly known. The book is an example of Menippean satire, which is very...

Voici longtemps que je promets de vous narrer mes aventures, si bien que j'ai résolu de donner suite, aujourd'hui même, à cet engagement: car, moins pour éclaircir de doctes problèmes que pour animer...

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 14819 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • THE...