The text claims to be "erotica". Maybe it was, in 1930. The ban
on Ulysses wasn't lifted until three years later. Actually
the Satyricon is sort of the Roman version of Ulysses.
Me #2: No, The Aneid is the Roman version of
Ulysses.
Me #1: No, The Aneid is the Roman version of
The Odyssey.
Me #2: The Odyssey of whom?
Me #1: Nobody.
Me #2: D'oh! That joke was old when Homer made it.
Me #1: So was that one.
Me #2: That wasn't a joke, it was a reference.
Me #1: This split personality bit is over.
Sat Jun 17 2000 06:45:
Cool! The Satyricon
of Petronius has an English translation online! (Here it is
in Latin.)
under a Creative Commons License.