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<p>List of Illustrations ix</p> <p>List of Contributors x</p> <p>Preface and Acknowledgments xiii</p> <p>Abbreviations xiv</p> <p>Introduction<br /><i>Jonathan Prag and Ian Repath</i> 1</p> <p>Map 15</p> <p><b>1 Reading the <i>Satyrica</i></b><br /><i>Niall W. Slater</i> 16</p> <p><b>2 Petronius and Greek Literature</b><br /><i>J. R. Morgan</i> 32</p> <p><b>3 Petronius and the Roman Literary Tradition</b><br /><i>Costas Panayotakis</i> 48</p> <p><b>4 Letting the Page Run On</b><br />Poetics, Rhetoric, and Noise in the <i>Satyrica</i><br /><i>Victoria Rimell</i> 65</p> <p><b>5 Sex in the <i>Satyrica</i></b><br />Outlaws in Literatureland<br /><i>Amy Richlin</i> 82</p> <p><b>6 The <i>Satyrica</i> and Neronian Culture</b><br /><i>Caroline Vout</i> 101</p> <p><b>7 Freedmen in the <i>Satyrica</i></b><br /><i>Jean Andreau</i> 114</p> <p><b>8 A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to the Market</b><br />Reading Petronius to Write Economic History<br /><i>Koenraad Verboven</i> 125</p> <p><b>9 At Home with the Dead</b><br />Roman Funeral Traditions and Trimalchio's Tomb<br /><i>Valerie M. Hope</i> 140</p> <p><b>10 Freedmen's Cribs</b><br />Domestic Vulgarity on the Bay of Naples<br /><i>Shelley Hales</i> 161</p> <p><b>11 Petronius's <i>Satyrica</i> and the Novel in English</b><br /><i>Stephen Harrison</i> 181</p> <p><b>12 <i>Fellini-Satyricon</i></b><br />Petronius and Film<br /><i>Joanna Paul</i> 198</p> <p>Bibliography 218</p> <p>Index <i>locorum</i> 234</p> <p>General Index 244</p>

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<p><b>Jonathan Prag</b> is a University Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Oxford, and a Tutorial Fellow of Merton College. His main areas of research are Hellenistic and Republican Sicily, and the Roman Republic. He has edited a volume (<i>Sicilia nutrix plebis Romanae</i>) on Cicero's <i>Verrines</i>, and is currently co-editing a volume on <i>The Hellenistic West</i> and writing a book on the non-Italian soldiers of the Roman Republican army.</p> <p><b>Ian Repath</b> is Lecturer in Classics at Swansea University. His principal research interests are Greek and Latin prose fiction, and literary aspects of Plato. He is the author of the forthcoming article, <i>Plato in Petronius: Petronius in platanona, </i>and co-editor (with John Morgan) of <i>Where the Truth Lies: Fiction and Metafiction in Ancient Narrative</i>. He is a founding member of KYKNOS, the Swansea, Lampeter, and Exeter Centre for Research in Ancient Narrative Literatures.</p>

<p>Of all the literary works to have survived from the ancient world, few have been as celebrated – or as outrageously provocative – as the <i>Satyrica</i>. Traditionally ascribed to the Petronius who lived and died under Nero’s rule, one of the most darkly fascinating periods of Roman history, the <i>Satyrica</i> recounts a bizarre odyssey through contemporary everyday life. With its startling originality, bawdy humor, and vivid characterizations, Petronius's brilliant, but fragmentary, novel has inspired countless writers and artists through the ages, most famously the Italian film director Fellini. The grotesqueries and excesses of the book's most best-known extant section, Trimalchio’s feast, are particularly notorious and influential.</p> <p>Reflecting the <i>Satyrica</i>'s unique stature in world literature, <i>Petronius: A Handbook</i> features a dozen original essays that explore the world portrayed by Petronius. Commissioned from leading scholars specializing in the ancient novel, Julio-Claudian culture, and early Roman imperial history, each essay tackles a specific aspect of the <i>Satyrica</i> – from the novel's literary structure to its social and historic contexts and modern reception in literature and film. Collectively, the essays provide the first comprehensive, multi-dimensional approach to the study of the <i>Satyrica</i> and its relevance to our understanding of the early Roman Empire. Authoritative and insightful, <i>Petronius: A Handbook</i> will unravel the mysteries of one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world.</p>

<p>"The editors have astutely chosen knowledgeable contributors capable of presenting complex material in an engaging manner to students and the educated public."<br /><i>Gerald Sandy, Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of British Columbia</i></p> <p>"This new handbook skillfully guides the reader through the literary and the real into the afterlife of Petronius's multifaceted masterpiece. The result is an unprecedented success in synthetic interpretation."<br /><i>John Bodel, Brown University</i></p>

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