Satyricon Apocolocyntosis Seneca Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

Two Rollicking Roman Satires The Satyrica (Satyricon Liber) A Comic-Picaresque Fiction In Prose And Verse Traditionally Attributed To Neronian Petronius (D Ad 66) But Possibly Of Flavian Or Trajanic Date Survives Only As Fragments Much Larger Whole It Takes Form First-Person Narrative By Endearing Ne’er-Do-Well Encolpius Brilliant Storyteller Parodist Mimic Who Recalls Episodes From His Past Life Wandering Bohemian Living Wits On Margins Society Greek Southern Italy Encountering Vividly Realized Array Characters Early Imperial Demimonde Including Wealthy Freedman Trimalchio One Most Unforgettable All Latin Literature Paired With Likewise Is Apocolocyntosis (Pumpkinification) Short Satirical Pamphlet Lampooning Death Apotheosis Attempt Enter Heaven Emperor Claudius (Reigned 41–54) If Work Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 Bc–Ad 65) Better Known For Austere Stoic Moralism Its Sarcastic Wit Humor Were No Doubt Inspired Bitterness Over Exile At Claudius’ Hands 41–49 This Loeb Edition Texts Have Been Freshly Edited Translated Ample Introductions Explanatory Notes Σελίδες: 544 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1201 Διαστάσεις: 10 8X10 8Cm