{"product_id":"9781118451373","title":"Petronius A Handbook","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePetronius\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Handbook\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJonathan R. W. Prag | Ian D. Repath\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePetronius: A Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e unravels the mysteries of the \u003ci\u003eSatyrica,\u003c\/i\u003e one of the greatest literary works that antiquity has bequeathed to the modern world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a dozen original essays by a team of leading Petronius and Roman history scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures the first multi-dimensional approach to \u003ci\u003eSatyricon\u003c\/i\u003e studies by exploring the novel's literary structure, social and historic contexts, and modern reception\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSupplemented by illustrations, plot outline, glossary, map, bibliography, and suggestions for further reading\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Prag\u003c\/b\u003e is a University Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Oxford, and a Tutorial Fellow of Merton College. His main areas of research are Hellenistic and Republican Sicily, and the Roman Republic. He has edited a volume (\u003ci\u003eSicilia nutrix plebis Romanae\u003c\/i\u003e) on Cicero's \u003ci\u003eVerrines\u003c\/i\u003e, and is currently co-editing a volume on \u003ci\u003eThe Hellenistic West\u003c\/i\u003e and writing a book on the non-Italian soldiers of the Roman Republican army.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Repath\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Classics at Swansea University. His principal research interests are Greek and Latin prose fiction, and literary aspects of Plato. He is the author of the forthcoming article, \u003ci\u003ePlato in Petronius: Petronius in platanona, \u003c\/i\u003eand co-editor (with John Morgan) of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Truth Lies: Fiction and Metafiction in Ancient Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a founding member of KYKNOS, the Swansea, Lampeter, and Exeter Centre for Research in Ancient Narrative Literatures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 January 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118451373\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310764159116,"sku":"9781118451373","price":45.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118451373.jpg?v=1780179945","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781118451373","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}