Petronius

3 books on BookJumpr, mentioned 6 times in other books.

Books by Petronius

The Satyricon on Iliad: “I asked the hall-porter what pictures were in the middle hall. "The Iliad and the Odyssey," he replied, "and the gladiatorial games given under Laenas."”
The Satyricon on The Odyssey: “I asked the hall-porter what pictures were in the middle hall. "The Iliad and the Odyssey," he replied, "and the gladiatorial games given under Laenas."”
The Picture of Dorian Gray on The Satyricon: “…indeed, a subtle pleasure in the thought that he might really become to the London of his own day what to imperial Neronian Rome the author of the Satyricon once had been, yet in his inmost heart he desired to be something more than a mere _arbiter elegantiarum_, to be consulted on the wearing…”
The Golden House on The Satyricon: “To get some clues to Petronius Golden I read The Satyricon and studied Menippean satire”
Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea on The Satyricon: “two comic novels, the Satyricon by Petronius... and the Golden Ass”
The Anatomy of Melancholy on The Satyricon: “saith Petronius in his fragment of pure impurities, I mean his Satyricon,”
Quo Vadis on Satyricon (Feast of Trimalchion): “Then, looking at the title, he inquired, "'Satyricon'?”
Thaïs on The Widow of Ephesus: “the stories of _The Ass_, _The Tub_, and _The Ephesian Matron_, or any other Milesian fable.”