The Hidden Author, Volume 60: An Interpretation of Petronius's Satyricon by Gian Biagio Conte

The Hidden Author, Volume 60: An Interpretation of Petronius's Satyricon

Sather Classical Lectures

Gian Biagio Conte

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The Satyricon of Petronius, a comic novel written in the first century A.D., is famous today primarily for its amazing banquet tale, "Trimalchio's Feast." But this episode is only one part of the larger picture of life during Nero's rule presented...

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