The Satyricon/Seneca, The Apocolocyntosis
Seiten
1986
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-044489-6 (ISBN)
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-044489-6 (ISBN)
The text of "The Satyricon" and "The Apocolocynosis".
Perhaps the strangest - and most strikingly modern - work to survive from the ancient world, The Satyricon relates the hilarious mock epic adventures of the impotent Encolpius, and his struggle to regain virility. Here Petronius brilliantly brings to life the courtesans, legacy-hunters, pompous professors and dissolute priestesses of the age - and, above all, Trimalchio, the archetypal self-made millionaire whose pretentious vulgarity on an insanely grand scale makes him one of the great comic characters in literature. Seneca's The Apocolocyntosis, a malicious skit on 'the deification of Claudius the Clod', was designed by the author to ingratiate himself with Nero, who was Claudius' successor. Together, the two provide a powerful insight into a darkly fascinating period of Roman history.
Perhaps the strangest - and most strikingly modern - work to survive from the ancient world, The Satyricon relates the hilarious mock epic adventures of the impotent Encolpius, and his struggle to regain virility. Here Petronius brilliantly brings to life the courtesans, legacy-hunters, pompous professors and dissolute priestesses of the age - and, above all, Trimalchio, the archetypal self-made millionaire whose pretentious vulgarity on an insanely grand scale makes him one of the great comic characters in literature. Seneca's The Apocolocyntosis, a malicious skit on 'the deification of Claudius the Clod', was designed by the author to ingratiate himself with Nero, who was Claudius' successor. Together, the two provide a powerful insight into a darkly fascinating period of Roman history.
J.P. Sullivan has held appointments in Classics or Arts and Letters at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Texas, Buffalo, Minnesota, ad Hawaii. He is the author of The Satyricon of Petronius: A Literary Study, Propertius: A Critical Introduction, Literature and Plitics in the Age of Nero and Martial: The Unexpected Classic.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.12.1986 |
|---|---|
| Einführung | J. P. Sullivan |
| Übersetzer | J. P. Sullivan |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 204 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
| Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-14-044489-0 / 0140444890 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-044489-6 / 9780140444896 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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