The Satyricon

The Satyricon

<b>"This version by a translator who understands the high art of low humor is conspicuously funny."—<i><b>Time</b></i><br><br></b><i>The Satyricon</i> is a classic of comedy, a superbly funny picture of Nero's Rome as seen through the eyes of Petronius, its most amorous and elegant courtier.<p>William Arrowsmith's translation—a lively, modern, unexpurgated text—recaptures all the ribald humor of Petronius's picaresque satire. It tells the hilarious story of the pleasure-seeking adventures of an educated rogue, Encolpius, his handsome serving boy, Giton, and Ascyltus, who lusts after Giton—three impure pilgrims who live by their wits and other men's purses. <i>The Satyricon </i>unfailingly turns every weakness of the flesh, every foible of the mind, to laughter.</p>