SCRIPTURA
Petronius, engraving by P. Bodart, 1707
Petronius, engraving by P. Bodart, 1707 · Wikimedia Commons

Author

Petronius

c. 27–66 · Writer

Probably the courtier Tacitus calls Nero’s arbiter of elegance, who opened his veins at a dinner party. His Satyricon survives in fragments, Trimalchio’s feast among them.

On the shelf

Read Petronius.

1 work

The Satyricon, in Latin beside English.

Explore the library →