The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter

by Petronius Arbiter

Layout 2

 

THE SATYRICON
OF
PETRONIUS ARBITER

 

The Witches (page 138)

THE SATYRICON OF PETRONIUS ARBITER

Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas. Illustrations by Norman Lindsay.

 

 

New York: 1922. Published for Private Circulation Only by Boni & Liveright

Copyright, 1922, by
Boni and Liveright, Inc.
New York.

 

This edition is strictly limited to Twelve Hundred and Fifty sets, of which 1200 numbered sets are for subscribers.

No. 1145

CONTENTS

page
PREFACE		v
INTRODUCTION		xiii
THE SATYRICON		1
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
NOTES
Prostitution		365
Paederastia		387
chapter
9	Gladiator obscene	400
17	Impotence	402
26	Peepholes in brothels	406
34	Silver Skeleton	407
36	Marsyas	409
40	A pie full of birds	412
56	Contumelia	414
116	Life in Rome	419
116	Legacy hunting	429
119	Castration	430
127	Circe’s voice	441
131	Sputum in charms	442
131	The “infamous finger”	443
138	The dildo	446
	The Cordax	453
SIX NOTES BY MARCHENA
Introduction		461
chapter
I	Soldiers in love	463
II	Courtesans	468
III	Greek love	477
IV	Pollution	497
V	Virginity	501
VI	Pandars	506
Bibliography

ILLUSTRATIONS

The Witches	Frontispiece
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An Extemporary Declamation	6
An Old Herb Woman	10
Hurrying to the Inn	12
Making Off	20
Tryphena	24
The Holy Mysteries	44
Quartilla	46
Psyche	48
The Catamite	50
The Debauch	52
The Drunkards	54
Quartilla and Giton	56
The Chink in the Door	58
Pannychis	62
The Procession	66
The Guilty Slave	70
Fortunata	80
Encolpius	90
The Rope Dancers	116
The Homerists	130
The Entry of Habinnas	144
Fortunata and Habinnas	148
Fortunata Dancing	154
The Bath	162
The Disturbance	164
Giton	176
The Tell-tale Shoes	182
Eumolpus	186
Eumolpus Stoned	200
The Inn-Keeper	212
The Fight at the Inn	214
The Embarkation	222
The Fight	248
Eumolpus Reciting	252
The Ephesian Matron	258
The Rescue of Tryphena	268
Corax	278
Chrysis	306
Circe	310
Circe and Encolpius	314
Circe Enraged	322
The Priestess’ Revenge	330
Proselenos	334
Encolpius Beaten	342
Encolpius and Chrysis	350
On the Road	360