As long as life remains, there's hope; Thou rustic God, oh hear our prayer, Great Priapus, I thee invoke, Temper our arms to dare
Bawdy and sublime, coarse and elegant, decadent to the core and yet permeated with a peculiarly innocent ancient mindset, The Satyricon by Gaius Petronius, Arbiter Elegantiae of the court of Nero, is a controversial work of Roman fiction.
Each one will find what suits his taste, one thing is not for all, One gathers roses as his share, another thorns enthrall.
The Satyricon is a combination of prose and poetry, aphorisms and erotica....
As long as life remains, there's hope; Thou rustic God, oh hear our prayer, Great Priapus, I thee invoke, Temper our arms to dare
Bawdy and sublime, coarse and elegant, decadent to the core and yet permeated with a peculiarly innocent ancient mindset, The Satyricon by Gaius Petronius, Arbiter Elegantiae of the court of Nero, is a controversial work of Roman fiction.
Each one will find what suits his taste, one thing is not for all,
One gathers roses as his share, another thorns enthrall.
The Satyricon is a combination of prose and poetry, aphorisms and erotica. ...
