by Petronio · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420691848
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«Satiricón» is Petronius's picaresque novel, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (344 pages, in Spanish).
A mix of prose and verse in the Menippean satire tradition, the Satyricon preserves fragments of Petronius's original books. It includes episodes such as the dinner of Trimalchio, the widow of Ephesus, and the werewolf soldier, and follows the adventures of three young men through taverns and brothels of Campania and Magna Graecia, with a realistic portrait of everyday Roman life.
Paperback edition of 344 pages in Spanish, with introduction and translation by José Carlos Miralles Maldonado. Part of the El libro de bolsillo - Clásicos de Grecia y Roma collection.
For readers interested in classical literature and daily life in Nero's Rome.
Gaius Petronius Arbiter was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero. He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian era.
