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The Satyricon and The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius (Penguin Classics) (Updated Edition) by J. P. Sullivan (Translator), Petronius And Seneca., Petronius Arbiter, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Seneca Petronious Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1986 ISBN-10: 0-14-044489-0 / 0140444890 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044489-6 / 9780140444896 Perhaps the strangest--and most strikingly modern--work to survive from the ancient world, The Satyricon relates the hilarious mock epic adventures of the impotent Encolpius, and his struggle to regain virility. Here Petronius brilliantly brings to life the courtesans, legacy-hunters, pompous profes |