- This article is about the Roman author Petronius. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created For other uses of the name, see Petronius (disambiguation).
Petronius (ca. 27–66) was a Roman writer of the Neronian age; he was a noted satirist. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( December 15, 37 – June 9, 68) born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human He is identified with Gaius Petronius Arbiter, but the manuscript text of the Satyricon calls him Titus Petronius. A manuscript is any Document that is Written by hand as opposed to being printed or reproduced in some other way Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose and poetry
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Life and work
The historian Tacitus describes a Petronius who was the elegantiae arbiter, "judge of elegance" in the court of the emperor Nero. Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca 56 &ndash ca 117 was a senator and a Historian of the Roman Empire. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( December 15, 37 – June 9, 68) born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called This Petronius is generally thought to be the same Petronius who is named in manuscripts as author of the Satyricon, a fragmentary novel in Latin describing the adventures of a homosexual pair, Encolpius and Giton. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. The work itself reveals nothing directly of Petronius' fortunes, position, or even century, so the identification of the author with Nero's courtier must remain speculative. Some lines of Sidonius Apollinaris, from his Carmen XXIII, refer to him and are often taken to imply that he lived and wrote at Massilia. For the Franco-Irish saint see Sidonius of Saint-Saëns. Gaius Sollius (Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius or Saint Sidonius Apollinaris Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ If, however, one accepts the identification of this author with the Petronius of Tacitus, Nero's courtier, it follows either that he was born in Massilia, or that Sidonius refers to the novel itself and that its scene was partly laid at Massilia. Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca 56 &ndash ca 117 was a senator and a Historian of the Roman Empire.
The chief personages of the story are evidently strangers in the towns of Southern Italy. Geography Southern Italy forms the lower "boot" of the Italian peninsula containing the ankle (Abruzzo and Molise and southern Lazio the toe (Calabria and the heel Their Greek-sounding names (Encolpius, Ascyltos, Giton, etc. ) and literary training accord with the characteristics of the old Greek colony in the 1st century. Colonies in antiquity were City-states founded from a mother- City The 1st century was the Century that lasted from 1 to 100 according the Julian calendar. The high position among Latin writers ascribed by Sidonius to Petronius, and the mention of him by Macrobius beside Menander among the humorists, when compared with the absolute silence of Quintilian, Juvenal and Martial, seem adverse to the opinion that the Satyricon was a work of the age of Nero. This article is about Macrobius the author for Macrobius the bishop of Seleucia and Calycadnum see Macrobius of Seleucia Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius Menander ( Greek:, Menandros; ca 342&ndash291 BC Greek Dramatist, the best-known representative of Athenian New Comedy, was the son Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (ca 35 – ca 100 was a Roman Rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and The Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial) (March 1 40 AD - ca But Quintilian was concerned with writers who could be turned to use in the education of an orator.
In fiction
There are many references to and elaborations on Petronius' Satyricon, which can be found there. Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose and poetry Petronius himself appears as a character in:
- Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel Quo Vadis and its adaptations (but see below for the film), where C. Quo Vadis A Narrative of the Time of Nero, commonly known as Quo Vadis, is a Historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Petronius is the preferred courtier of Nero, using his wit to adulate and mock him at the same time. He is horrified at Nero's burning of Rome, and eventually commits suicide to escape both Nero's antics and his anticipated execution.
- in Robert A. Heinlein's novel The Door into Summer, in which the protagonist's cat is named "Petronius the Arbiter". Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer. The Door into Summer is a Science fiction Novel by Robert A Heinlein, originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science
- in Jesse Browner's novel The Uncertain Hour, which recounts Petronius' final banquet and suicide (as told by Tacitus, Annals 16).
- in Anthony Burgess's novel The Kingdom of the Wicked, Gaius Petronius appears as a major character, an advisor to Nero. Anthony Burgess (February 25 1917 — November 22 1993 was an English Novelist, Critic, Composer, Librettist, Poet You may be looking for the comic Kingdom of the Wicked The Kingdom of the Wicked is a 1985 Historical novel by Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( December 15, 37 – June 9, 68) born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called
In recent times, a popular quote on reorganization is often (but spuriously[1][2][3]) attributed to a Gaius Petronius. In one version, it reads:
We trained hard . . . but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
In film
- Fellini Satyricon (1969) is a stylized adaptation of Petronius' novel. Satyricon ( Fellini Satyricon) is a 1969 Italian film by Federico Fellini.
- In the 1951 film of Quo Vadis, Petronius is portrayed by Leo Genn, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Quo Vadis is an epic 1951 film made by MGM. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sam Zimbalist, from a Screenplay by Leo John Genn ( August 9, 1905 – January 26, 1978) was an English Actor on stage and in films
See also
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- Satyricon
- Supplements to the Satyricon
- Asteroid 3244 Petronius named after the satirist
References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose and poetry Petronius 's Satyricon, the only realistic classical Latin novel (probably written c 3244 Petronius is an Asteroid found in the main belt, a member of the Flora family of asteroids. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
- ^ Petronius Arbiter, Time Traveller. Retrieved on 2007-09-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
- ^ ARTICLES FROM THE PETRONIAN SOCIETY NEWSLETTER. Retrieved on 2008-05-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus.
- ^ The Quotations Page. Retrieved on 2007-09-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
External links
- Works by Petronius at Project Gutenberg
- Latin text of the Satyricon from The Latin Library
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