The Satyricon (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Gaius Petronius Arbiter
- First Published: 60
- Type of Work: Short fiction
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: First century c.e.
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Satire
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, Slavery or slaves, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Adultery, Shipwrecks, Italy or Italians, Greek or Roman times, First century, Paganism
- Locales: Italy
Places Discussed
*Southern Italy. Region in which most of The Satyricon is set. Until the Pyrrhic and Second Punic Wars of the third century b.c.e., much of southern Italy—especially its seaports—was controlled by Greek colonists. Writing in the first century c.e., Petronius used the continuing presence of Greek influence, and the stereotyping by urban Romans of Greek greed, dishonesty, homosexuality, and overblown philosophizing to create scenes of life in southern Italian towns that are both caricatures of Greek stereotypes and assaults on traditional Roman...
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