Satyricon
A classic of antiquity. Written AD 60*, in Latin
* An approximate date: when this work was composed or first set down isn’t known exactly.
The Satyricon, Satyricon liber, or Satyrica, is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius in the late 1st century AD, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as Titus Petronius. The Satyricon is an example of Menippean satire, which is different from the formal verse satire of Juvenal or Horace. The work contains a mixture of prose and verse ; serious and comic elements; and erotic and decadent passages. As with The Golden Ass by Apuleius, classical scholars often describe it as a Roman novel, without necessarily implying continuity with the modern literary form.
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Where it is set
- Campania
Italy
In the first passage preserved, Encolpius is in a Greek town in Campania, perhaps Puteoli Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
