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Realistic representation of the speech of the lower classes in ancient literature is largely confined to the comic genres, and Petronius' realism in this area is more thorough-going than that of any other ancient author. A vast scholarly literature has grown up around the question of how faithfully the speeches of Petronius' freedmen reflect characteristics of actual popular speech; this literature is reviewed and evaluated. A survey of the phonological, morphological, lexical, and syntactic peculiarities in these speeches is then undertaken, in which they are compared with other 'vulgar' Latin sources such as the Pompeian inscriptions; Petronius is in fact one of our most important early sources for the study of popular Latin. The way in which Petronius used specific varieties of non-standard Latin to characterize different freedmen speakers is explored: Petronius has subtly modulated his freedmen's speeches to reflect differing emotional states and the different attitudes of the speakers toward their social position. The present study is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject undertaken in over forty years in any language and the only one in English.

Petronius Arbiter, Caius Titus --- Freedmen --- Latin language, Vulgar --- Freedmen in literature --- Speech in literature --- Affranchis --- Latin populaire (Langue) --- Affranchis dans la littérature --- Parole dans la littérature --- Language --- Langage --- Petronius Arbiter. --- Freedmen in literature. --- Speech in literature. --- Language. --- Texts. --- -Freedmen in literature --- -Speech in literature --- Latin language, Popular --- Latin language, Colloquial --- Ex-slaves --- Freed slaves --- Slaves --- Texts --- Petronius Arbiter --- Petronius, Arbiter --- -Petron --- Pétrone, T. --- Petronio --- Petronio Arbitro --- Petronio, Caio --- Petronio, Cayo --- Petronius --- Petronius Arbiter, --- Petronius Arbiter, Titus --- Petronius, Gaius --- Petronius, Titus --- -Language --- Affranchis dans la littérature --- Parole dans la littérature --- Petron --- Petronio Árbitro --- Petronius, Caius --- Petronius, Gaius Titus --- Pétrone --- Language and languages. --- Latin language, Vulgar. --- Foreign languages --- Languages --- Anthropology --- Communication --- Ethnology --- Information theory --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Philology --- Linguistics --- Cena Trimalchionis (Petronius Arbiter) --- Rome (Empire) --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic --- Rome --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Italy --- Freedpersons --- Freed persons --- Freed persons in literature. --- Freedmen - Rome - Language. --- Latin language, Vulgar - Texts. --- Trimalchio, C. Pompeius --- Ex-enslaved persons --- Freed enslaved persons --- Enslaved persons

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Theatrum Arbitri is a literary study dealing with the possible influence of Roman comic drama (comedies of Plautus and Terence, theatre of the Greek and Roman mimes, and fabula Atellana ) on the surviving fragments of Petronius' Satyrica . The theatrical assessment of this novel is carried out at the levels of plot-construction, characterization, language, and reading of the text as if it were the narrative equivalent of a farcical staged piece with the theatrical structure of a play produced before an audience. The analysis follows the order of each of the scenes in the novel. The reader will also find a brief general commentary on the less discussed scenes of the Satyrica , and a comprehensive account of the theatre of the mimes and its main features.

Classical Latin literature --- Drama --- Petronius Arbiter, Caius Titus --- Satire, Latin --- Civilization, Ancient, in literature --- Theater in literature --- Satire latine --- Civilisation ancienne dans la littérature --- Théâtre dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Petronius Arbiter. --- Petronius Arbiter --- Knowledge --- Performing arts. --- Rome --- Rome dans la littérature --- In literature --- Civilization, Ancient, in literature. --- Theater --- Theater in literature. --- History and criticism. --- History --- -Civilization, Ancient, in literature --- -Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors --- Latin satire --- Latin wit and humor --- -Petronius Arbiter --- -Petron --- Pétrone, T. --- Petronio --- Petronio Arbitro --- Petronio, Caio --- Petronio, Cayo --- Petronius --- Petronius Arbiter, --- Petronius Arbiter, Titus --- Petronius, Gaius --- Petronius, Titus --- -Performing arts --- In literature. --- -History and criticism --- -Knowledge --- Civilisation ancienne dans la littérature --- Théâtre dans la littérature --- Rome dans la littérature --- Petron --- Maderna, Bruno. --- Petronio Árbitro --- Petronius, Caius --- Petronius, Gaius Titus --- Pétrone --- Literature. --- Satire, Latin. --- Theater. --- Show business --- Arts --- Performance art --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authors --- Authorship --- Dramatics --- Satyricon (Petronius Arbiter) --- Saturae (Petronius Arbiter) --- Satira (Petronius Arbiter) --- Satiricon (Petronius Arbiter) --- Satyrica (Petronius Arbiter) --- Begebenheiten des Enkolp (Petronius Arbiter) --- Petronii Arbitri Satyricon reliquiae (Petronius Arbiter) --- Satyricon reliquiae (Petronius Arbiter) --- To 500 --- Rome (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Italy --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic --- Romi (Empire) --- Satire, Latin - History and criticism. --- Theater - History - To 500.

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This volume explores the literary representation of male sexual dysfunction and discusses the natural and supernatural elements of an ancient folk medical system based on conceptual associations between male sexuality and specific plants, animals and minerals. The work incorporates material from both literary and scientific sources to draw parallels between ancient and modern paradigms of healing. The literary depiction of attempts to remedy impotence demonstrates how an accessibility to cures contributes to the sexual and social reintegration of the sufferer. The Satyrica of Petronius echoes this process by means of the text itself and so effects similar ends. The book provides new insights into literature and the ancient belief systems underlying it with its original and integrative approach to disciplines such as philology, botany, mineralogy, zoology and medicine.

Physiology: reproduction & development. Ages of life --- Sexology --- Petronius Arbiter, Caius Titus --- Satire, Latin --- Masculinity in literature --- Human body in literature --- Impotence in literature --- Men in literature --- Sex in literature --- Satire latine --- Masculinité dans la littérature --- Corps humain dans la littérature --- Impuissance sexuelle dans la littérature --- Hommes dans la littérature --- Sexualité dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Petronius Arbiter. --- Petronius Arbiter --- Rome --- In literature --- Body, Human, in literature --- -Sex in literature --- Latin satire --- Latin wit and humor --- Masculinity (Psychology) in literature --- Human figure in literature --- Petron --- Pétrone, T. --- Petronio --- Petronio Arbitro --- Petronio, Caio --- Petronio, Cayo --- Petronius --- Petronius Arbiter, --- Petronius Arbiter, Titus --- Petronius, Gaius --- Petronius, Titus --- In literature. --- Human body in literature. --- Impotence in literature. --- Masculinity in literature. --- Men in literature. --- Sex in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Masculinité dans la littérature --- Corps humain dans la littérature --- Impuissance sexuelle dans la littérature --- Hommes dans la littérature --- Sexualité dans la littérature --- Maderna, Bruno. --- Literature. --- Satire, Latin. --- Men as literary characters --- Belles-lettres --- Western literature (Western countries) --- World literature --- Philology --- Authors --- Authorship --- Satyricon (Petronius Arbiter) --- Saturae (Petronius Arbiter) --- Satira (Petronius Arbiter) --- Satiricon (Petronius Arbiter) --- Satyrica (Petronius Arbiter) --- Begebenheiten des Enkolp (Petronius Arbiter) --- Petronii Arbitri Satyricon reliquiae (Petronius Arbiter) --- Satyricon reliquiae (Petronius Arbiter) --- Rome (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Italy --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic --- Romi (Empire) --- Satire, Latin - History and criticism --- Petronius Arbiter - Satyricon --- Rome - In literature