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“William Arrowsmith’s translation of The Satyricon meets the two fundamental requirements of the translator’s art: perfect fidelity to the original and a vitality of style that tempts the reader to believe that the English version is not a translation.… A classic of literature.”
—Allen Tate
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The Satyricon; The ApocolocyntosisPETRONIUS
Introduction
The Author and Date of the Satyricon
The Extent of the Work and the Plot
The Literary Qualities of the Satyricon
On the Text and Translation
Acknowledgments
The Satyricon
Puteoli
Dinner with Trimalshio
Eumolpus
The Road to Croton
Croton
The Fragments and the Poems
List of Characters
Notes on the Satyricon
Notes on the Fragments and Poems
SENECA
Introduction
The Authorship and Date of the Apocolocyntosis
The Place of the Work in Seneca’s Writings
The Literary Qualities of the Apocolocyntosis
On the Text and Translation
The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius
Notes on the Apocolocyntosis
