Petronius: Selections from the Satyricon

  • Product Code: 2883
  • ISBN: 978-0-86516-288-4
  • Pages: 272
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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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