Students will delight in Petronius' highly entertaining stories, including his famous "dinner party," which provide a colorful view of life in first century CE Rome. Some 901 lines of unadapted Latin with facing- and same-page syntax and vocabulary notes make this text an excellent transition to authentic, connected Latin for advanced high school and intermediate college students.
- Introduction places the Satyricon within its literary and historical context
- Unadapted text includes five selections:
- A Scene at the Marketplace (76 lines) Satyricon: 12-15
- Trimalchio's Dinner, five selections (687 lines) Satyricon: 26-33, 41-46, 47-49, 61-64, 67-78
- The Matron of Ephesus (78 lines) Satyricon: 111-112
- The Death of Lichas (36 lines) Satyricon: 115
- Eating Human Flesh for Money (24 lines) Satyricon: 141 - Macrons throughout
- Mastery-oriented vocabulary: with its fourth appearance, word is no longer provided in facing- and same-page notes
- Comprehensive grammatical, syntactical, and vocabulary facing- and same-page notes
- Diagram of triclinium seating arrangement
- Appendix of Petronius' Language and Style
- Complete Vocabulary
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Vergil's Aeneid: Selected Readings from Books 1, 2, 4, and 6
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Illustrator: Thom Kapheim
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