Satyricon

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Latin prose narrative ancient Roman novel satirical work

Satyricon is a fragmented Latin prose narrative, attributed to Petronius, that satirically portrays the excesses and moral decay of Roman society during the early Imperial period.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fellini Satyricon 4
Satyricon canonical 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose narrative ⓘ
ancient Roman novel ⓘ
satirical work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Satyrica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Satyricon liber NERFINISHED ⓘ
attributedTo Gaius Petronius Arbiter NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Petronius NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme moral decay of Roman society ⓘ
parody of epic literature ⓘ
sexual excess ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
containsWork Cena Trimalchionis NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfComposition 1st century CE ⓘ
depicts banqueting customs ⓘ
education and rhetoric in Roman society ⓘ
freedmen culture ⓘ
nouveau riche Romans ⓘ
genre picaresque novel ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasAdaptation 1969 film Fellini Satyricon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fellini Satyricon NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced 20th-century modernist literature ⓘ
The Golden Ass NERFINISHED ⓘ
modern picaresque novels ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryInnovation early example of the novel form ⓘ
mainCharacter Ascyltos NERFINISHED ⓘ
Encolpius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eumolpus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Giton NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeMode first-person narrative ⓘ
narrativeStructure episodic ⓘ
fragmentary ⓘ
parodies Homeric epic ⓘ
Roman declamation ⓘ
setInPeriod early Roman Empire ⓘ
setInPlace Campania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Croton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cumae NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic mixture of prose and verse ⓘ
realistic depiction of low-life characters ⓘ
use of colloquial Latin ⓘ
subjectMatter adventures of wandering antiheroes ⓘ
erotic escapades ⓘ
social climbing and pretension ⓘ
survivalState fragmentary ⓘ
timeOfAction Neronian period NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Silver Age of Latin literature → hasNotableWork → Satyricon ⓘ
Federico Fellini → notableWork → Satyricon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fellini Satyricon
The Haxan Cloak → hasCollaboration → Satyricon ⓘ
Giuseppe Rotunno → notableWork → Satyricon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fellini Satyricon
Alberto Grimaldi → produced → Satyricon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fellini Satyricon
Alberto Grimaldi → notableWork → Satyricon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fellini Satyricon