Petronius

A Handbook

• Author(s): Jonathan R. W. Prag, Ian D. Repath,
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Pages: 272
• ISBN_10: 1118556631
  ISBN_13: 9781118556634
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical , History / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General ,

Description:... Petronius: A Handbook unravels the mysteries of the Satyrica, one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world.

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• Includes a dozen original essays by a team of leading Petronius and Roman history scholars
  
• Features the first multi-dimensional approach to Satyricon studies by exploring the novel's literary structure, social and historic contexts, and modern reception
  
• Supplemented by illustrations, plot outline, glossary, map, bibliography, and suggestions for further reading