The Satyricon is the most celebrated prose work to have survived from
the ancient world. It can be described as the first realistic novel, the
father of the picaresque genre. It recounts the sleazy progress of a
pair of literate scholars as they wander through the cities of the
southern Mediterranean in the age of Nero, encountering en route
type-figures whom the author wishes to satirize. P.G. Walsh captures the
spirit of the original in this new and lively translation. His
introduction and detailed notes provide the reader with a comprehensive
guide to the meanings and intentions of the story and the later history
of its literary influence.
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