Title: Satiricon Liber

Title: Satiricon Liber Title Record # 1196256
Author: Petronius
Date: 1669-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: thelatinlibrary.com, Wikipedia-EN
Language: Latin

Note: The original is estimated to have been written in the late first century A.D. The date listed here is the first complete publication, in Latin, of the novel. "Many consider this to be the earliest extant novel of Western civilization." (Heritage Auctions)

Synopsis: Speculative fiction content includes chapter 48 (of 141) with the story of "Sibyl of Cumae, who because of her great age was suspended in a flask for eternity" along with supernatural stories about a werewolf (ch. 62) and witches (ch. 63). Chapters 125-141 include stories about witchcraft as well.

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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
1910^ⓘLong title: "Petronius: A Revised Latin Text of the Satyricon with the Earliest English Translation (1694) Now First Reprinted". Translated by William Burnaby	English	Petronius: A Revised Latin Text of the Satyricon
1934^ⓘTranslated by Oscar Wilde or at least ascribed to him.	English	The Satyricon [as by Petronius Arbiter]
1959^ⓘTranslated by William Arrowsmith	English	The Satyricon [as by Petronius Arbiter]
1964	English	The Satyricon of Petronius
1965^ⓘTranslated by J. P. Sullivan (translator)	English	The Satyricon
1991^ⓘTranslated by Xose Antón Dobarro Posada and Dolores Gómez Quintas.	Galician	Satiricón
2004^ⓘTranslated by W. C. Firebaug Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas.	English	The Satyricon

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type
Satiricon Liber	1669-00-00	Petronius	Joannes Blaeu			[xxxiv]+ 558+ [42]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Satiricon Liber	1677-00-00	Petronius	Adrianum Gaesbequium			[22]+ 384+ 68+ [4]+ 62+ [2]	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Petronius: A Revised Latin Text of the Satyricon	1910-00-00	Petronius	Ralph Straus			xv+ 303	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Satyricon	1934-00-00	Petronius Arbiter	Book Collectors Association		$2.50^?$: US dollar	258	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Satyricon	1959-00-00	Petronius Arbiter	Mentor			192	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Satyricon of Petronius	1964-00-00	Petronius	Limited Editions Club			xxiii+ 246	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Satyricon of Petronius	1964-00-00	Petronius	Heritage Press			xxiii+ 246	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Satyricon and the Fragments	1965-00-00	Petronius	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics #L159)		4/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	204	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Satiricón	1991-00-00	Petronius	Xunta de Galicia (Clásicos en galego #8)	84-453-0386-4		379	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Satyricon	2004-06-01	Petronius	Project Gutenberg	5225			ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel

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Reviews

Review [English] by Henry Eliot (2018) in The Penguin Classics Book