{"product_id":"the-satyricon-9780452010055","title":"The Satyricon","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This version by a translator who understands the high art of low humor is conspicuously funny.\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTime\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Satyricon\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of comedy, a superbly funny picture of Nero's Rome as seen through the eyes of Petronius, its most amorous and elegant courtier.\u003cp\u003eWilliam Arrowsmith's translation--a lively, modern, unexpurgated text--recaptures all the ribald humor of Petronius's picaresque satire. It tells the hilarious story of the pleasure-seeking adventures of an educated rogue, Encolpius, his handsome serving boy, Giton, and Ascyltus, who lusts after Giton--three impure pilgrims who live by their wits and other men's purses. \u003ci\u003eThe Satyricon \u003c\/i\u003eunfailingly turns every weakness of the flesh, every foible of the mind, to laughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1983\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780452010055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.42w x 0.54d","brand":"Petronius, Seneca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44978638848181,"sku":"9780452010055","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e84c45e6-3881-4d23-b7bb-5454c76de6a4.jpg?v=1735063973","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-satyricon-9780452010055","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}