Satyrica – Petronius Arbiter (Paperback / Soft Cover)

Petronius lived during the reign of the notorious emperor Nero, a writer in a decadent empire, and in Frederic Raphael he finds a translator who brings his words vividly alive. Petronius’ Rome is not the noble civilisation of classical ideals; his Romans are lascivious, amoral and stylish, inhabiting a louche world of ostentatious, nouveau riche extravagance and flirtation with the seductive menace of the Roman underclass. In Raphael’s hands, the”Satyrica”becomes a modern novel, Petronius a contemporary. Freed of the weight of classical decorum, the”Satyrica”is racily subversive, scandalously entertaining. This work, writes Raphael, has always been excluded from the curriculum: it offers no improving pieties. Petronius’ – and Raphael’s – ancient Rome is recognisably the city of Pasolini and Fellini as much as of Virgil.

Author: Petronius Arbiter
Format: Paperback / Soft Cover
Pages: 160
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