Overview

This book presents a formal critical edition and English translation of the Satyrica of Petronius. The Satyrica of Petronius is a one-of-a-kind satirical comic novel in Latin: an engaging narrative of the shady, sex-and-cash-engrossed lives of men and women in provincial first-century Italy. No critical edition in English of comparable scope exists. In this treatment, Wade Richardson, after a life's work on the Satyrica, investigates and delineates the ingenuity and skill of the author in all features of writerly craft, within the framework of the latest critical text and a translation lively enough to satisfy the demands of today's audiences. Incorporating eighty new and fully argued emendations, the bulk of this volume is a facing-page text and translation, choosing English for the obverse (recto), with elaborative notes, and Latin for the reverse (verso), with an abundant apparatus. This is preceded by an introduction describing the multifarious problems posed by author and work. The edition is intended to give pure enjoyment to everyone from curious students of Latin and beyond, including their teachers and professors by providing a unique linguistic, literary, and cultural exposure to the author and his work.

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Author:   Wade Richardson ,  Wade Richardson ,  Wade Richardson
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Volume:   63
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9781487550714

ISBN 10:   1487550715
Pages:   486
Publication Date:   22 April 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Petronius the (Comic) Novelist 1. The Author and His Date and His Work 2. The Manuscript Transmission and the Making of LOH and the Text 3. The Register of Shared or Singular Text Content in the LOH Classes 4. The Plot and the Characterization 5. The Sex: via Libido and Libidinosus, Showing Speaker and Gender Target 6. The Freedmen and Their Table Talk and Trimalchio 7. The Latin and the Translation 8. The Stemmata and the Sigla of the Manuscripts and Earliest Editions 9. The Sigla of the Manuscripts and Editions for the Apparatus Criticus 10. The List of Scholars Cited in the Apparatus Criticus Petronii: The Latin Text and Apparatus Satyrica: The English Translation with Footnotes Annex: Argued Emendations Adopted in the Text, with Directory Aggregate Bibliography Index

Reviews

""Like the work of Alfred Jarry, Harry Partch, and Henry Miller, the Satyricon is not for the faint of heart. But if you have the guts to enter Petronius' Roman underworld, this edition is an expert guide.""--Sean Gurd, Professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin ""Wade Richardson's new critical edition and translation of The 'Satyrica' of Petronius is a splendid piece of scholarship, both a delight to read and a valuable addition to the Phoenix Supplementary Volumes series. The book represents a major contribution to our understanding of what Petronius actually wrote and of what his precise wording actually means. It is the result of many years of impressively attentive and sympathetic consideration of Petronius' remarkable, and remarkably idiosyncratic, novel.""--Michael Dewar, Professor of Classics, University of Toronto

Author Information

Wade Richardson is an adjunct professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria.

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