{"product_id":"the-satyricon-paperback-1","title":"The Satyricon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\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","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67580639772895,"sku":"9780452010055","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/lPcfo0Lv1c9780452010055.webp?v=1790427403","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-satyricon-paperback-1","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}