{"product_id":"satyrica-9780520211186","title":"Satyrica","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSatyrica\u003c\/strong\u003e by Petronius. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780520211186.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEncolpius, a soldier of fortune, despiser of pedantry, lecherous and contrary, and the beautiful Giton, who lives off his charms, are invited to a gargantuan banquet hosted by the prodigal, pompous, newly rich Trimalchio. When the feast turns into a riot, the two, joined by the down-on-his-luck poet Eumolpus, leave town quickly to avoid trouble. So begins the Satyrica, a bizarre odyssey through the carnivalesque landscape of Neros empire.\n\nThe author of the Satyrica, Petronius, had been Neros intimate and advisor on all matters of artistic taste and elegance but a jealous rival turned Nero against him. No longer enduring \"the suspense of fear or of hope,\" Petronius eluded his former patron by ending his own life. His novel has lived on, preserving for centuries tales of a time when virtue and vice, power and money, human comedy and human cruelty, mixed and melded unpredictably.\n\nThe translation is accurate and contemporary. In addition, a chronology, introduction, and commentary offer the reader background on Petroniuss social milieu and on the fascinating complexity of his seemingly low-brow novels poetic structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45272346460213,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520211189","price":63.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520211186_026bc612-3dc4-478c-a650-fb5772a0daf8.jpg?v=1781401173","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/satyrica-9780520211186","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}