Petronius (in Latin born between 12 and 17 , probably Milan , died around 66 ), is a Latin writer , who is credited, there seems to be wrong ^Biography

He lived dynasty Julio-Claudian , as Claude and Nero. It is first proconsul in Bithynia and was appointed consul during the reign of Nero. Although this function is then lost much of its importance, it shows the influence enjoyed by Petronius. Tacitus already described as a man of pleasure, sleeping by day and going about his business at night. He later became a friend of Nero, which is nicknamed elegantiarum arbiter (arbiter of elegance).

The good fortune of Petronius arouses jealousy. Tigellinus , praetorian prefect , acknowledge the fact of having participated in the conspiracy of Piso in 65. Petronius is a friend indeed Scvinus, one of the conspirators. Realizing that his fate is played, he cuts the veins and dies a slow death in 66 during a final feast given to his friends when he is at Cumae with the court. Before dying, he finds time to write his will he addressed to Nero, which summarizes the wrongs he accuses the emperor.

Historians can not say with any accuracy if Petronius is indeed the author of this novel. However, the Satyricon was a monumental work: today we have only Chapters XIV, XV, XVI.

Petronius fiction

The Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz Petronius made a character of his historical novel Quo Vadis (1896).

The Satyricon was adapted for film by Federico Fellini in 1969.

Bibliography

Works by Petronius

• Complete works of translation Hguin Guerla, Archives Karelin, dissemination L'Harmattan, 2008
  Facsimile edition of the Garnier Brothers, 1861
• The Satyricon, trans. Pierre Grimal (1958), The paperback, 1960

Studies Petronius

• (In) and Ian Repath Jonathan Prag (ed.), Petronius: A Handbook, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK, Malden, MA, 2009, 256 p. ( ISBN 978-1-405-15687-5 )
• (In) Victoria Rimel, Petronius and The Anatomy of Fiction, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, 2007, 239 p. ( ISBN 0-521-03701-8 )
• (En) Emile Thomas, Petronius: the other side of Roman society and various studies, Albert Fontemoing, Paris, 1902, 239 p.
• (En) Yeh Wei-jong, metrical structure of the poems of Petronius: poetics for what?, Peeters, Leuven, Paris, Dudley, Mass., 2007, 657 p. + 1 CD-Rom ( ISBN 978-90-429-1928-0 ) (revised text of a thesis in 2003 at the University of Paris 4)
• (It) Giulio Vannini, Petronius 1975-2005: bilancio critico e nuove proposte, Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, Gttingen, 2007 (Lustrum = 49), 511 p. ( ISBN 978-3-525-80203-8 )

References

• Literature portal
• Ancient Rome portal

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