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Title

The Satyrica of Petronius : an intermediate reader with commentary and guided review / Beth Severy-Hoven.

Author

Petronius Arbiter

Publication

• Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2014]
• ©2014

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Additional Authors

Severy, Beth.

Description

xix, 312 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Summary

A comic masterpiece of classical antiquity, the Satyrica (or Satyricon) of Petronius is a tantalizing work of fiction-part poetry, part prose, hilariously vulgar, exquisitely elegant, its original form and length as much a matter of speculation as the identity of its author. Its brilliance and enduring influence are, however, beyond dispute. The romantic misadventures, fabulous feasts, and ribald foibles of Encolplus ("crotch" in Greek) and his cohorts have been endlessly translated, copied, censored, and celebrated through the ages. In The Satyrica of Petronius, Beth Severy-Hoven makes the masterpiece, with its flights of language and vision of Roman culture around the time of Nero, accessible to a new generation of students of Latin. Following a fascinating introduction, Severy-Hoven offers expert guidance for reading sections of the novel in the original Latin. Readers are given the tools to consider and analyze the narrative structure of the work, an immense and uninterrupted first-person account by an unreliable narrator. Severy-Hoven also explores the contexts in which the text was written-addressing the social and cultural world the novel inhabits and includes. Throughout, she helps readers to examine Petronius' use of Latin, focusing on the combination of elegant prose and verse and raunchy colloquial speech, a combination that gives color to Petronius' characters even as he parodies different literary styles and genres.

Series Statement

Oklahoma series in classical culture ; volume 50

Uniform Title

• Satyricon
• Oklahoma series in classical culture ; v. 50.

Alternative Title

Satyricon

Subject

• Petronius Arbiter
• Satyricon (Petronius Arbiter)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-305) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface for Students -- Preface for Instructors -- Acknowledgments -- Map: World of the Satyrica -- Introduction -- The Text -- The Author -- Narrative Structure and Technique -- Historical and Political Contexts -- Social and Cultural Contexts -- Language -- Literary Engagements -- Reception and Afterlife -- Recommendations for Further Reading in English -- Recommended Complete English Translations -- Latin Passages -- Chapter 1. Baths and First Impressions (Satyrica 26-28) -- Roman Baths -- Chapter 2. The House, the Dispensator, and the Singing Famtlia (Satyrica 28-31) -- Wall Painting -- Roman Dining Rooms -- Chapter 3. Trimalchio's Entrance, Comments on Fortunata (Satyrica 32-38) -- Chapter 4. The Guests Converse (Satyrica 41-47) -- Chapter 5. Trimalchios Bowels, Three Pigs, and a Cook (Satyrica 47-49) -- Chapter 6. Sacristies and Niceros' Scary Story (Satyrica 60-62) -- Chapter 7. Croesus and Habinnas (Satyrica 64-65, 67) -- Chapter 8. Some Entertainment; Trimalchio's Slaves, Will, and Tomb (Satyrica 68-69, 70-71) -- Tombs -- Chapter 9. An Epic Rescue, the Great Escape, and a Betrayal (Satyrica 72-73, 77-80) -- The Atrium House -- Chapter 10. Encolpius' Lament; Eumolpus Begins His Tales of Seduction (Satyrica 80-82, 85-S6) -- The Porticus -- Chapter 11. More Seduction; Giton Plays Ulysses; Eumolpus' Tale of the Widow (Satyrica 87, 97-98, 110-111) -- Chapter 12. The Widow Relents; Epistolary Encounters with Circe (Satyrica 111-112, 129-130) -- Commentary -- Chapter 1. Satyrica 26-28 -- Chapter 2. Satyrica 28-31 -- Chapter 3. Satyrica 32-38 -- Chapter 4. Satyrica 41-47 -- Chapter 5. Satyrica 47-49 -- Chapter 6. Satyrica 60-62 -- Chapter 7. Satyrica 64-65, 67 -- Chapter 8. Satyrica 68-69, 70-71 -- Chapter 9. Satyrica 72-73, 77-80 -- Chapter 10. Satyrica 80-82, 85-86 -- Chapter 11. Satyrica 87, 97-98, 110-111 -- Chapter 12. Satyrica 111-112, 129-130 -- Supplemental Latin Text -- A Boar Hunt and a Freedman's Cap (Satyrica 40-41) -- Echion, Uncut (Satyrica 45-46) -- The Fall of the Acrobat (Satyrica 53- 54) -- Ascyltos and Giton Get Put in Their Place (Satyrica 57-58) -- Encolpius Sings to His Misbehaving Member (Satyrica 132.7-11) -- Guided Review -- Chapter 1. Noun/Adjective Declensions and Tenses of the Indicative -- Irregular Verb: sum, esse, ful, futurus -- Vocabulary -- Chapter 2. Participles -- Irregular Verb: void, velle, volui -- Vocabulary -- Chapter 3. Strategies for Reading Latin -- Demonstrative Adjective: hic, haec, hoc -- Vocabulary -- Chapter 4. "Qu" Words (Relatives and Interrogatives) and Impersonal Verbs -- Irregular Verb: facid, facere, feci, factus -- Vocabulary -- Chapter 5. The Subjunctive Mood, cum Clauses -- Demonstrative Adjective/Pronoun: is, ea, id -- Vocabulary -- Chapter 6. Conditions -- Irregular Verb: fero, ferre, tuli, latus -- Vocabulary -- Chapter 7. Indirect Questions, Reflexives, and Intensives -- Irregular Verb: malo, malle, malui -- Vocabulary -- Chapter 8. Infinitives and Indirect Statements -- Irregular Verb: eo, ire, ii/ivi, itum -- Vocabulary -- Chapter 9. Clauses of Purpose and Result, Uses of ut -- Irregular Verb: possum, posse, potui -- Vocabulary -- Chapter 10. Gerundives and Gerunds, Passive Periphrastic and Supine -- Regular Verb: ago, agere, egi, actus -- Vocabulary -- Chapter 11. Fear Clauses -- Demonstrative Adjective: ille, illa, illud -- Vocabulary -- Chapter 12. Independent Uses of the Subjunctive -- Irregular Verb: nolo, nolle, nolui -- Vocabulary -- Dictionary -- Works Consulted -- General Index -- Grammatical Index.

ISBN

• 9780806144382 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0806144386 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013042700

OCLC

• 861209505
• SCSB-12596215

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library