Le Petronius Arbiter 20-66 creator Laboureur, Jean Emile 1877-1943 Tailhade, Laurent 1854-1919 text utu 2016 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Le Satyricon" by Petronius Arbiter is a Latin work of fiction written in the late 1st century AD. This fragmentary Roman novel follows Encolpius and his companions through a series of bizarre, erotic, and comic adventures in the Roman underworld. Mixing prose and verse, the surviving episodes feature memorable scenes including the legendary banquet of Trimalchio, a vulgar freedman who flaunts his wealth with grotesque extravagance. The work offers both outrageous satire and vivid glimpses of everyday life in the early Roman Empire. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyricon Release date is 2016-10-19 Produced by Madeleine Fournier. Images provided by the Hathi Trust. Original publication data not identified Rome -- Fiction Satire, Latin -- Translations into French PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53321 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/53321 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134229.0 53321