TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petronius Arbiter
AU  - Burnaby,William
TI  - The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter
AV  - PA 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Rome -- Fiction
KW  - Satire, Latin -- Translations into English
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyricon; Release date is 2004-05-01; This eBook was produced by Gordon Keener; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter" by Petronius Arbiter is a Latin work of fiction written in the late 1st century AD. This fragmentary Roman novel follows narrator Encolpius and his companion Giton through a series of bizarre, erotic, and comic adventures in the Roman underworld. Blending prose and verse, the surviving sections showcase absurd encounters—from sexual escapades to the infamous banquet of Trimalchio, a vulgar, wealthy freedman whose grotesque extravagance exposes the pretensions of Rome's nouveau riche. This Menippean satire offers both outrageous entertainment and revealing glimpses into early Roman Empire life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5611
ER  -