Author: Petronius.
Title: Satyrica.
Description: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1996. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 224 pp. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. Encolpius, 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 Nero's empire. ISBN 9780520205994.

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