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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Satyrica"”.
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Hair as a literary feature in Petronius' Satyrica
… Ovid and even emperors like Domitian, and in the Satyrica we see the importance of hair and appearance for art and social standing reflected. The thesis begins with a survey of important literary figures that Petronius drew upon, including Homer, Catullus, Virgil, Ovid, and Seneca, and how they …
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Hostes deum: Magic in the literature of the Neronian period
… of the 1st century C.E. in the text of the Satyrica, the Medea, and the Bellum Ciuile. This is done through a close reading of the relevant passages, and their thorough comparison with the magical texts of the Papyri Graecae Magicae and the defixionum tabellae as well as Pliny’s Historia …