The Satyricon
Autor Petronius Arbiter, Petronius, Senecaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 1983 – vârsta de la 18 ani
The Satyricon is a classic of comedy, a superbly funny picture of Nero's Rome as seen through the eyes of Petronius, its most amorous and elegant courtier. William Arrowsmith's translation—a lively, modern, unexpurgated text—recaptures all the ribald humor of Petronius's picaresque satire. It tells the hilarious story of the pleasure-seeking adventures of an educated rogue, Encolpius, his handsome serving boy, Giton, and Ascyltus, who lusts after Giton—three impure pilgrims who live by their wits and other men's purses. The Satyricon unfailingly turns every weakness of the flesh, every foible of the mind, to laughter.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780452010055
ISBN-10: 0452010055
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 138 x 204 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:Meridian
Editura: Plume Books
ISBN-10: 0452010055
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 138 x 204 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:Meridian
Editura: Plume Books
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Cuprins
The Satyricon I. Among the Rhetoricians
II. Giton, Ascyltus, and I
III. Lost Treasure Recovered
IV. The Priestess of Priapus
V. Dinner with Trimalchio
VI. Giton, Ascyltus, and I Again
VII. I Meet Eumolpus
VIII. Old Loves and New Rivals
IX. Lichas and Tyrphaena
X. Discovered
XI. The Pleasures of Peace
XII. Shipwrecked
XIII. The Road to Croton
XIV. Eumolpus on the Writing of Poetry
XV. Life at Croton
XVI. Circe
XVII. A Second Attempt
XVIII. I Take Myself in Hand
XIX. Oenothea
XX. Interlude with Chrysis
XXI. Philomela
XXII. Restored
XXIII. Matters at Croton Come to a Head
XXIV. Eumolpus Makes His Will
Notes
II. Giton, Ascyltus, and I
III. Lost Treasure Recovered
IV. The Priestess of Priapus
V. Dinner with Trimalchio
VI. Giton, Ascyltus, and I Again
VII. I Meet Eumolpus
VIII. Old Loves and New Rivals
IX. Lichas and Tyrphaena
X. Discovered
XI. The Pleasures of Peace
XII. Shipwrecked
XIII. The Road to Croton
XIV. Eumolpus on the Writing of Poetry
XV. Life at Croton
XVI. Circe
XVII. A Second Attempt
XVIII. I Take Myself in Hand
XIX. Oenothea
XX. Interlude with Chrysis
XXI. Philomela
XXII. Restored
XXIII. Matters at Croton Come to a Head
XXIV. Eumolpus Makes His Will
Notes
Recenzii
"This version by a translator who understands the high art of low humor is conspicuously funny."
—Time
"William Arrowsmith's translation of The Satyricon meets the two fundamental requirements of the translator's art: perfect fidelity to the original and a vitality of style that tempts the reader to believe that the English version is not a translation.… A classic of literature."
—Allen Tate
"Arrowsmith's brilliant translation … at one stroke renders every other version obsolete."
—London Times Literary Supplement
—Time
"William Arrowsmith's translation of The Satyricon meets the two fundamental requirements of the translator's art: perfect fidelity to the original and a vitality of style that tempts the reader to believe that the English version is not a translation.… A classic of literature."
—Allen Tate
"Arrowsmith's brilliant translation … at one stroke renders every other version obsolete."
—London Times Literary Supplement
Notă biografică
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, statesman, philosopher, advocate and man of letters, was born at Cordoba in Spain around 4 BC. He rose to prominence in Rome, pursuing a career in the courts and political life, for which he had been trained, while also acquiring celebrity as an author of tragedies and essays. Falling foul of successive emperors (Caligula in AD 39 and Claudius in AD 41), he spent eight years in exile, allegedly for an affair with Caligula’s sister. Recalled in AD 49, he was made praetor and was appointed tutor to the boy who was to become, in AD 54, the emperor Nero. On Nero’s succession, Seneca acted for some eight years as an unofficial chief minister. The early part of this reign was remembered as a period of sound government, for which the main credit seems due to Seneca. His control over Nero declined as enemies turned the emperor against him with representations that his popularity made him a danger, or with accusations of immorality or excessive wealth. Retiring from public life he devoted his last three years to philosophy and writing, particularly the Letters to Lucilius. In AD 65 following the discovery of a plot against the emperor, in which he was thought to be implicated, he and many others were compelled by Nero to commit suicide. His fame as an essayist and dramatist lasted until two or three centuries ago, when he passed into literary oblivion, from which the twentieth century has seen a considerable recovery.