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Satyricon

Satyricon liber

textual humanities text book major Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Petronius, attributed author

Canon Rationale

A major Roman prose-fiction and satire checkpoint, included for fragmentary transmission, social performance, freedman culture, the Cena Trimalchionis, and ancient-novel history.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 112.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Satyricon'.
  • museum record: Project Gutenberg, 'The Satyricon - Complete' by Petronius Arbiter.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency, attribution context required

Completion unit: read the surviving major sections of the Satyricon, including the Cena Trimalchionis, in a documented translation. Record edition, translator, and fragmentary-state caveat.

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