Petronius Satyricon
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Petronius

Satyricon

satire

Fragments of the longest and most outrageous Latin novel. The Satyricon follows Encolpius through the seedy underworld of Neronian Italy. The centrepiece is Trimalchio's dinner — a nouveau-riche freedman's grotesque banquet that satirises everything Roman society values.

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~21,000 words
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