Word: satyricon
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...Satyricon of Petronius, translated by William Arrowsmith. An unembarrassed classicist provides the best English version yet of the Priapean satire by Nero's arbiter of elegance...
...Satyricon of Petronius, translated by William Arrowsmith. Antic haymaking in Nero's gaudy, bawdy Rome, described by a satirist who knew his satyrs...
...Satyricon of Petronius. A belly laugh at Nero's Rome delivered by the worldliest Roman of them...
...Satyricon of Petronius. A bawdy belly laugh at Nero's Rome delivered by the worldliest Roman of them all and translated with unexpurgated wit by Classicist William Arrowsmith...
Although the Satyricon's authorship has been disputed. Translator Arrowsmith feels that Petronius lived in a style entirely consonant with the wild life of the book. Even Petronius' death was artfully arranged. When palace intrigue involved him in a treason charge, he opened his veins, chatted airily with his friends, recited some light poetry; then, placing a manicured thumb to an elegant nose, he wrote out a definitive list of Nero's bed partners and sent it off to the emperor before he lay back...