Satyricon
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fellini Satyricon | 4 |
| Satyricon canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: Satyricon Context triple: [Silver Age of Latin literature, hasNotableWork, Satyricon]
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The Adulateur
The Adulateur is a 1773 satirical political play by Mercy Otis Warren that criticizes British colonial authorities and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment in pre-Revolutionary America.
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B.
Ecclesiazusae
Ecclesiazusae is a comedic play by Aristophanes that satirically depicts Athenian women seizing control of the government and instituting radical social reforms.
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C.
Summus Poeninus
Summus Poeninus is the Latin name for the Great St Bernard Pass, a historic Alpine route linking Switzerland and Italy that has served as a key transalpine crossing since antiquity.
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D.
The Procuress
The Procuress is a 1622 genre painting by Dutch Caravaggist Dirck van Baburen depicting a brothel scene with a leering procuress overseeing a transaction between a man and a young woman.
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E.
Calumny of Apelles
Calumny of Apelles is a Renaissance painting by Sandro Botticelli that allegorically depicts the destructive power of slander through a complex arrangement of classical figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Satyricon Target entity description: 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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A.
The Adulateur
The Adulateur is a 1773 satirical political play by Mercy Otis Warren that criticizes British colonial authorities and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment in pre-Revolutionary America.
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B.
Ecclesiazusae
Ecclesiazusae is a comedic play by Aristophanes that satirically depicts Athenian women seizing control of the government and instituting radical social reforms.
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C.
Summus Poeninus
Summus Poeninus is the Latin name for the Great St Bernard Pass, a historic Alpine route linking Switzerland and Italy that has served as a key transalpine crossing since antiquity.
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D.
The Procuress
The Procuress is a 1622 genre painting by Dutch Caravaggist Dirck van Baburen depicting a brothel scene with a leering procuress overseeing a transaction between a man and a young woman.
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E.
Calumny of Apelles
Calumny of Apelles is a Renaissance painting by Sandro Botticelli that allegorically depicts the destructive power of slander through a complex arrangement of classical figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose narrative
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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
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parody of epic literature ⓘ sexual excess ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| containsWork | Cena Trimalchionis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfComposition | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| depicts |
banqueting customs
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education and rhetoric in Roman society ⓘ freedmen culture ⓘ nouveau riche Romans ⓘ |
| genre |
picaresque novel
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satire ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
1969 film Fellini Satyricon
NERFINISHED
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Fellini Satyricon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century modernist literature
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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
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fragmentary ⓘ |
| parodies |
Homeric epic
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Roman declamation ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early Roman Empire ⓘ |
| setInPlace |
Campania
NERFINISHED
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Croton NERFINISHED ⓘ Cumae NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
mixture of prose and verse
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realistic depiction of low-life characters ⓘ use of colloquial Latin ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
adventures of wandering antiheroes
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erotic escapades ⓘ social climbing and pretension ⓘ |
| survivalState | fragmentary ⓘ |
| timeOfAction | Neronian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (6)
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