Contributions

  • J. P. Sullivan (Introduction, Translator) - Contributor

Publication

1986-12-02 - Penguin Classics

Word Count

64,000 words, Guess

Page Count

256 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100140444890
  • ISBN-139780140444896
  • LibraryThing49877
  • Open LibraryOL7355292M

First Sentence

The Satyricon has been traditionally, and rightly, attributed to the courtier of Nero whose downfall and death in A.D. 66 are described by Tacitus (Annals 16.17-20): 17. So the space of a few days saw the fall, in the same bloody action, of Annaeus Mela, Cerialis Anicius, Rufrius Crispinus, and Petronius, Mela and Crispinus being Roman knights of senatorial status...

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