Of the many masterpieces which classical antiquity has bequeathed to modern times, few have attained, at intervals, to such popularity; few have so gripped the interest of scholars and men of letters, as has this scintillating miscellany known as the Satyricon, ascribed by tradition to that Petronius who, at the court of Nero, acted as arbiter of elegance and dictator of fashion.
Vergil’s Georgics in Latin
PUBLI VERGILI MARONIS GEORGICON LIBER I Quid faciat laetas segetes, quo sidere terram vertere, Maecenas, ulmisque adiungere vitis conveniat, quae cura boum, qui cultus habendo sit pecori, apibus quanta experientia parcis, hinc canere incipiam. Vos, o clarissima mundi lumina, labentem caelo quae ducitis annum, Liber et alma Ceres, vestro si munere tellus Chaoniam pingui glandem
Vergil’s Georgics in English
29 BC THE GEORGICS by Virgil GEORGIC I What makes the cornfield smile; beneath what star Maecenas, it is meet to turn the sod Or marry elm with vine; how tend the steer; What pains for cattle-keeping, or what proof Of patient trial serves for thrifty bees;- Such are my themes. O universal lights Most
Vergil’s Bucolics in English
37 BC THE ECLOGUES by Virgil ECLOGUE I MELIBOEUS TITYRUS MELIBOEUS You, Tityrus, ‘neath a broad beech-canopy Reclining, on the slender oat rehearse Your silvan ditties: I from my sweet fields, And home’s familiar bounds, even now depart. Exiled from home am I; while, Tityrus, you Sit careless in the shade, and, at your call,
Utopia by Thomas More
Cardinal Morton–of talk at whose table there are recollections in “Utopia”- -delighted in the quick wit of young Thomas More. He once said, “Whoever shall live to try it, shall see this child here waiting at table prove a notable and rare man.”
The Satyricon by Petronius Arbiter
This eBook was produced by Gordon Keener. The Satyricon Petronius Arbiter Translated by William Burnaby Introduction by C. K. Scott Moncrieff ON READING PETRONIUS AN OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN My dear ——–, On a bright afternoon in summer, when we stand on the high ground above Saint Andrew’s, and look seaward for the
The Satyricon, v7 (Marchena Notes) by Petronius Arbiter
This eBook was produced by David Widger THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. SIX NOTES BY MARCHENA. TO THE ARMY OF THE RHINE. The conquests of the French
The Satyricon, v6 (Editor’s Notes) by Petronius Arbiter
This eBook was produced by David Widger THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. NOTES PROSTITUTION. There are two basic instincts in the character of the normal individual; the
The Satyricon, v5 (Crotona Affairs) by Petronius Arbiter
This eBook was produced by David Widger THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. BRACKET CODE: (Forgeries of Nodot) {Additions of De Salas} DW VOLUME 5.–AFFAIRS AT CROTONA CHAPTER
The Satyricon, v4 (Escape by Sea) by Petronius Arbiter
This eBook was produced by David Widger THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. BRACKET CODE: (Forgeries of Nodot) {Additions of De Salas} DW VOLUME 4.–ENCOLPIUS, GITON AND EUMOLPUS
The Satyricon, v2 (Dinner of Trimalchio) by Petronius Arbiter
This eBook was produced by David Widger THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. BRACKET CODE: (Forgeries of Nodot) {Additions of De Salas} DW VOLUME 2.–THE DINNER OF TRIMALCHIO
The Satyricon, v1, Introduction by Petronius Arbiter
This eBook was produced by David Widger THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. Among the difficulties which beset the path of the conscientious translator, a sense of his