Petronius the Poet
Subtitle: Verse and Literary Tradition in the Satyricon
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 29, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780521030892
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Language Arts & Disciplines; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Language; Poetry; Literary Collections / Ancient, Classical & Medieval; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Petronius Arbiter.--Satyricon; Petronius Arbiter.--Satyricon Petronius Arbit; General
First sentence: During his banquet, Trimalchio tells a peculiar story about the origins of Corinthian bronze (50.5-6): When Troy was captured, Hannibal, a crafty man and a great slippery character, piled up all of the statues, bronze, gold, and silver, into one heap and set them alight; they were melded together into a bronze mixture.