The Satyricon of Petronius. Petronius Arbiter. Modern Library Edition. Blue cloth boards with gold stamping on spine and cover. Book is in very good condition with some fading on the spine. Pages are clean. Dust jacket is in okay condition, some rips on the spine and back. Front of dust jacket good and readable. Tightly bound.
This is an early printing, likely published in the early 1930’s, no publishing date inside.
A fragmented Roman novel that combines prose and verse to satirize the excesses and absurdities of Roman society in the 1st century AD. It follows the adventures of Encolpius, a former gladiator, and his companions as they navigate a world of hedonism, debauchery, and pretension. Through its vivid characters and episodic structure, the work offers a sharp, humorous critique of moral and social decay in ancient Rome.
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