In The Satyrica of Petronius, Beth Severy-Hoven makes the masterpiece, with its flights of language and vision of Roman culture around the time of Nero, accessi

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"The Satyricon" is also known as the book of the Satyrlike adventure which contains a mixture of prose and verse. The work is narrated by its central figure, En

The Satyrica is a thrilling piece of literature credited to Petronius and written under the Roman emperor Nero. Schmeling's commentary offers readers an insight

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