Petronius

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Excerpt from Petronius: Leader of Fashion, Translation and Notes We behold our lost Tunic We decide to recover our Treasure at a Sacrifice. We see that everybody likes his own things best. We are visited by a Lady Arrival of Quartilla How the great Lady was calmed. She demands her Cure by Force of Arms How the Cure was wrought. Our Punishment and the ensuing Banquet We doze and are attacked by Burglars. The Fun grows fast and furious. Ascyltus and Gito in Trouble A Wedding is arranged The Ceremony. 58 59 60 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 70 71 Part II XXVI. (cont.) Trimalchio sBanquet. Xxvii. Trimalchio plays Ball. XXVIII. Trimalchio goes in Procession from the Bath. XXIX. The Glories of the Entrance Hall XXX. We enter the Banqueting-Hall XXXI. We are served with the Hors doeuvre XXXII. Trimalchio joins his Guests. XXXIII. Trimalchio plays Draughts. XXXIV. Trimalchio makes Light of a Breakage XXXV. The Epicures Zodiac. XXXVI. What the Zodiac Symbols concealed XXXVII. I am introduced to Trimalchio sWife XXXVIII. The rich Man and the bankrupt Undertaker XXXIX. Trimalchio expounds the Zodiac Signs XL. When the Boar was opened the Birds began to sing. XLI. The Cap of Freedom. XLII. The Bore gets going. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.