Writer: Petronius Arbiter

Of the many masterpieces which classical antiquity has bequeathed to modern times, few have attained, at intervals, to such popularity; few have so gripped the interest of scholars and men of letters, as has this scintillating miscellany known as the Satyricon, ascribed by tradition to that Petronius who, at the court of Nero, acted as arbiter of elegance and dictator of fashion.

This eBook was produced by Gordon Keener. The Satyricon Petronius Arbiter Translated by William Burnaby Introduction by C. K. Scott Moncrieff ON READING PETRONIUS AN OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN My dear ——–, On a bright afternoon in summer, when we stand on the high ground above Saint Andrew’s, and look seaward for the

This eBook was produced by David Widger THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. SIX NOTES BY MARCHENA. TO THE ARMY OF THE RHINE. The conquests of the French

This eBook was produced by David Widger THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. NOTES PROSTITUTION. There are two basic instincts in the character of the normal individual; the

This eBook was produced by David Widger THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. BRACKET CODE: (Forgeries of Nodot) {Additions of De Salas} DW VOLUME 5.–AFFAIRS AT CROTONA CHAPTER

This eBook was produced by David Widger THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. BRACKET CODE: (Forgeries of Nodot) {Additions of De Salas} DW VOLUME 4.–ENCOLPIUS, GITON AND EUMOLPUS

This eBook was produced by David Widger THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. BRACKET CODE: (Forgeries of Nodot) {Additions of De Salas} DW VOLUME 2.–THE DINNER OF TRIMALCHIO

This eBook was produced by David Widger THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. Among the difficulties which beset the path of the conscientious translator, a sense of his