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The historian tacitus describes a petronius who was the elegantiae arbiter, judge of elegance in the court of the emperor nero. The roman dandy petronius was the arbiter of elegance to nero, and was driven to suicide by false charges of treason. The work is not only a precious gem of western literature. This petronius is generally thought to be the same petronius who is named. Petronius was a frequent visitor to neros bacchanals, meaning that the satyricon is a fictional firsthand account of the time. Click download or read online button to get a commentary on the satyrica of petronius book. What remains of the novel is a picaresque story concerning the narrators battle to keep his lover, a handsome sixteen year old boy, away from his many rivals. The satyricon, or satyricon liber the book of satyrlike adventures, is a latin work of fiction believed to.
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