Petronius

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

Petronius: A Handbook unravels the mysteries of theSatyrica, one of the greatest literary works that antiquityhas bequeathed to the modern world.* * Includes a dozen original essays by a team of leading Petroniusand Roman history scholars* Features the first multi-dimensional approach toSatyricon studies by exploring the novel's literarystructure, social and historic contexts, and modern reception* Supplemented by illustrations, plot outline, glossary, mapbibliography, and suggestions for further reading

List of Illustrations ixList of Contributors xPreface and Acknowledgments xiiiAbbreviations xivIntroductionJonathan Prag and Ian Repath 1Map 151 Reading the SatyricaNiall W. Slater 162 Petronius and Greek LiteratureJ. R. Morgan 323 Petronius and the Roman Literary TraditionCostas Panayotakis 484 Letting the Page Run OnPoetics, Rhetoric, and Noise in the SatyricaVictoria Rimell 655 Sex in the SatyricaOutlaws in LiteraturelandAmy Richlin 826 The Satyrica and Neronian CultureCaroline Vout 1017 Freedmen in the SatyricaJean Andreau 1148 A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the MarketReading Petronius to Write Economic HistoryKoenraad Verboven 1259 At Home with the DeadRoman Funeral Traditions and Trimalchio's TombValerie M. Hope 14010 Freedmen's CribsDomestic Vulgarity on the Bay of NaplesShelley Hales 16111 Petronius's Satyrica and the Novel in EnglishStephen Harrison 18112 Fellini-SatyriconPetronius and FilmJoanna Paul 198Bibliography 218Index locorum 234General Index 244