Arrowsmith, William." Luxury and Death in the Satyricon." Arion V, No. 3 (Autumn 1966): 304-31.

Explores the theme he finds in the Cena segment of the Satyricon—-an excess of luxury that, when uncontrolled, can bring death.

Beck, Roger. "Eumolpus Poeta, Eumolpus Fabulator: A Study of Characterization in the Satyricon." Phoenix XXXIII, No. 3 (Autumn 1979): 239-53.

Contends that the many-sided characterization of the poet Eumolpus in the Satyricon demonstrates Petronius's sophistication.

Best, Edward E., Jr. "Attitudes toward Literacy Reflected in Petronius." Classical Journal 61 (November 1965): 72-76.

Argues that many passages in the Satyricon suggest a widespread literacy among the common Roman people.

Boyce, Bret. The Language of the Freedmen in Petronius' Cena Trimalchionis. Leiden, The Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1991, 113 p.

Comprehensive study of the characteristics of the language of the freedmen in the Cena and how Petronius uses language to portray character.

Cameron, Averil. "Petronius and Plato." The Classical Quarterly XIX, No. 2 (November 1969): 367-70.

Discusses how Petronius's character Habinnas is modeled after Alcibiades from Plato's Symposium.

——. "Myth and Meaning in Petronius: Some Modern Comparisons." Latomus XXIX, No. 2 (April-June 1970): 397-425.

Examines how Petronius uses epic—specifically the Odyssey—to demonstrate the emptiness of modern life.

Connors, Catherine. Petronius the Poet: Verse and Literary Tradition in the "Satyricon." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998, 166 p.

Examines the poems of the Satyricon, their implications, and their relation to mime, Menippean satire, and prosimetric Greek fiction.

Courtney, E. "Parody and Literary Allusion in Menippean Satire." Philologus 106 (1962): 86-100.

Contends that the Satyricon is a parody of the novel.

Currie, H. MacL. "Petronius and Ovid." Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History V (1989): 317-35.

Discusses Ovid's influence on Petronius.

de la Mare, Albinia Catherine. "The Return of Petronius to Italy." In Medieval Learning and Literature: Essays Presented to Richard William Hunt, edited by J. J. G. Alexander and M. T. Gibson, pp. 220-54. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1976.

Describes various fifteenth-century manuscripts of the Satyricon and their derivations.

Dietrich, B. C. "Petronius: Satyr of Satirist." Movimento Europeo per la Difesa del Latino XVII, No. 1 (January-June 1970): 17-43.

Discusses the Satyricon's sharp literary criticism and its concern with the human condition; also summarizes its plots and characters.

George, Peter. "Style and Character in the Satyricon." Arion V, No. 3 (Autumn 1966): 336-58.

Presents a character and content study of the Satyricon based on a critical analysis of its style.

Heseltine, Michael. Introduction to Petronius. Translated by Michael Heseltine, revised by E. H. Warmington, pp. ix-xlvi. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987.

Introduction that includes discussion of assorted manuscripts and editions.

Jones, Frederick M. "Realism in Petronius." Groningen Colloquia on the Novel IV (1991): 105-20.

Contends that the contemporary audience of the Satyricon would have considered what modern critics call realism as verisimilitude, but with a radical subjective element.

Lees, Francis Noel. "Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Satura: Petronius and The Waste Land." In T. S. Eliot: The Man and His Work, edited by Allen Tate, pp. 345-54. London: Chatto & Windus, 1967.

Examines the influence of the Satyricon on Eliot's The Waste Land.

Panayotakis, Costas. Theatrum Arbitri: Theatrical Elements in the Satyrica of Petronius. Leiden, The Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1995, 225 p.

Examines possible influences of Roman comic drama on the Satyricon.

Ramage, Edwin S., David L. Sigsbee, and Sigmund C. Fredericks. "Seneca and Petronius: Menippean Satire under Nero." In their Roman Satirists and Their Satire: The Fine Art of Criticism in Ancient Rome, pp. 89-113. Park Ridge, N.J.: Noyes Press, 1974.

Discusses difficulties in categorizing the Satyricon before explaining why it is best viewed as a sophisticated Menippean satire.

Rankin, H. D. "Saturnalian Wordplay and Apophoreta in Satyricon 56." Classica et Mediaevalia XXIII, No. 1-2 (1962): 134-42.

Presents many examples of word-play and puns found in the Satyricon.

——. "Some Themes of Concealment and Pretence in Petronius' Satyricon." Latomus XXVIII, No. 1 (January-March 1969): 99-119.

Explains how the elements of concealment, secrecy, and social pretense that occur in the Satyricon mirror characteristics Petronius saw in his own society.

Reeve, M. D. "Petronius." In Texts and Transmission: A Survey of the Latin Classics, edited by L. D. Reynolds, pp. 295-300. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983.

Discusses various early manuscripts of the Satyricon and how they were used by other writers.

Richardson, Wade. Reading and Variant in Petronius: Studies in the French Humanists and Their Manuscript Sources. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993, 187 p.

Studies the textual tradition of the Satyricon and evaluates different versions of the text.

Sandy, Gerald. "Satire in the Satyricon." American Journal of Philology XC, No. 3 (July 1969): 293-303.

Explains that the Satyricon is both amoral and satirical.

——. "Petronius and the Tradition of the Interpolated Narrative." Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 101 (1970): 463-76.

Discusses how and why Petronius introduces his framed narratives.

Schmeling, Gareth. "The Satyricon: Poems in Search of a Genre." The Classical Bulletin 47, No. 4 (February, 1971): 49-53.

Rejects the designation of either satire or parody for the Satyricon, instead concluding that it should be identified (with some qualifications)as a novel or romance.

——. "The Satyricon: The Sense of an Ending." Rheinisches Museum fur Philologie 134, Nos. 3-4 (1991): 352-77.

Concentrates on the "outrageous" and always unpredictable endings and projected endings of episodes of the Satyricon.

Shey, H. James. "Petronius and Plato's Gorgias." The Classical Bulletin, 47, No. 6 (April, 1971): 81-4.

Offers evidence that many motifs dramatized by Petronius were borrowed from Plato's Gorgias.

Slater, Niall W. "'Against Interpretation': Petronius and Art Criticism." Ramus 16, Nos. 1-2 (1987): 165-76.

Contends that Petronius parodies the ideal of mimesis in the visual arts.

Sochatoff, A. Fred. "Imagery in the Poems of the Satyricon." Classical Journal 65 (May 1970): 340-44.

Examines how Petronius reveals his characters through use of imagery in their poetry.

Tacitus. "Testamonia." Arion V, No.3 (Autumn 1966): 273-74.

Provides a vivid sketch of how the jealousy of a rival confidant of Nero's led to Petronius's death. Tacitus's Annals, where this excerpt first appeared, was written in the second century.

Walsh, P. G. "The Satyricon." In his The Roman Novel: The "Satyricon" of Petronius and the "Metamorphoses" of Apuleius, pp. 67-110. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970.

Overview of the Satyricon that discusses its origin, purpose, action, tone, and humor.