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importance in “Satyricon”

  • In Gaius Petronius Arbiter: The Satyricon.

    …realism and the figure of Trimalchio. It is obvious that the table talk of the guests in the “Banquet” is based on the author’s personal observation of provincial societies. The speakers are beautifully and exactly characterized and their dialogue, quite apart from the invaluable evidence for colloquial Latin afforded by…

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