SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: Petronius

»Gaius Petronius Arbiter (/pɪˈtroʊniəs/; Classical Latin: [ˈɡaː.i.ʊs pɛˈt̪roː.ni.ʊˈs ar.bɪ.t̪ɛr]; c. 27 – c. 66 AD; sometimes Titus Petronius Niger) was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero (r. 54–68). He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian era.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

Satyricon, Satyricon liber (The Book of Satyrlike Adventures)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»The Satyricon, Satyricon liber (The Book of Satyrlike Adventures), or Satyrica, is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius in the late 1st century AD, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as Titus Petronius. The Satyricon is an example of Menippean satire, which is different from the formal verse satire of Juvenal or Horace. The work contains a mixture of prose and verse (commonly known as prosimetrum); serious and comic elements; and erotic and decadent passages. As with The Golden Ass by Apuleius (also called the Metamorphoses), classical scholars often describe it as a Roman novel, without necessarily implying continuity with the modern literary form.
The surviving sections of the original (much longer) text detail the bizarre exploits of the narrator, Encolpius, and his (possible) slave and catamite Giton, a handsome sixteen-year-old boy. It is the second most fully preserved Roman novel, after the fully extant The Golden Ass by Apuleius, which has significant differences in style and plot. Satyricon is also regarded as useful evidence for the reconstruction of how lower classes lived during the early Roman Empire.« (Extract from: Wikipedia)

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Ancient History: Ancient Rome

II. Geographical Index: European History: Italian History

III. Topical Index: Cases: Fictional Victims: Giton | Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Endres, Nikolai. »Difficult Dialogues about a Difficult Dialogue: Plato’s Symposium and Its Gay Tradition.« From Abortion to Pederasty: Addressing Difficult Topics in the Classics Classroom. Columbus 2014: 212-226.

[Info] Engels, Henrike. Das Spiel mit den Tabus: Petrons Satyrica und der Diskurs über Sexualität und Gender in der griechisch-römischen Literatur. Inaugural-Dissertation, Universität Bielefeld 2014.

[Info] Löbcke, Konrad. »Die Verharmlosung sexueller Gewalt in Petrons Satyrica (Petr. 9-11) und in der griechisch-römischen Komödie.« Forschungen zur Gewalt in der römischen Antike. Edited by Justine Diemke. Stuttgart 2023: 35-58.

II. Speaker Index

[Info] McCoy, Marsha. »Sex and Violence in Petronius' Satyrica.« 136^th Annual Meeting of the American Philological Association. Boston 2005.

[Info] Löbcke, Konrad. »"Si Lucretia es, Tarquinium invenisti." Sexuelle Gewalt in Petrons Satyrica und in der antiken Komödie.« Vis omnia vincit? Neue Perspektiven zur Gewalt in der griechisch-römischen Antike Hamburg 2021.