The Satyricon — Volume 05: Crotona Affairs
By W. C. Firebaugh and Petronius Arbiter
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The Satyricon — Volume 05 - W. C. Firebaugh
THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Vol. 5
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Title: The Satyricon, Volume 5 (Crotona Affairs)
Author: Petronius Arbiter
Release Date: May 28, 2004 [EBook #5222]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SATYRICON, VOLUME 5 ***
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THE SATYRICON OF
PETRONIUS ARBITER
Volume 5.
Complete and unexpurgated translation by W. C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena, and the readings introduced into the text by De Salas.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Chrysis
Circe
Circe and Encolpius
Circe Enraged
The Priestess' Revenge
Proselenos
Encolpius Beaten
Encolpius and Chrysis
On the Road
THE SATYRICON OF
PETRONIUS ARBITER
Volume 5.
BRACKET CODE:
(Forgeries of Nodot)
[Forgeries of Marchena]
{Additions of De Salas}
DW
VOLUME V.
AFFAIRS AT CROTONA
CHAPTER THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH.
For a long time affairs at Crotona ran along in this manner and Eumolpus, flushed with success so far forgot the former state of his fortunes that he even bragged to his followers that no one could hold out against any wish of his, and that any member of his suite who committed a crime in that city would, through the influence of his friends, get off unpunished. But, although I daily crammed my bloated carcass to overflowing with good things, and began more and more to believe that Fortune had turned away her face from keeping watch upon me, I frequently meditated, nevertheless, upon my present state and upon its cause. Suppose,
thought I, some wily legacy hunter should dispatch an agent to Africa and catch us in our lie? Or even suppose the hireling servant, glutted with prosperity, should tip off his cronies or give the whole scheme away out of spite? There would be nothing for it but flight and, in a fresh state of destitution, a recalling of poverty which had been driven off. Gods and goddesses, how ill it fares with those living outside the law; they are always on the lookout for what is coming to them!
(Turning these possibilities over in my mind I left the house, in a state of black melancholy, hoping to revive my spirits in the fresh air, but scarcely had I set foot upon the public promenade when a girl, by no means homely, met me, and, calling me Polyaenos, the name I had assumed since my metamorphosis, informed me that her mistress desired leave to speak with me. You must be mistaken,
I answered, in confusion, I am only a servant and a stranger, and am by no means worthy of such an honor.
)
CHAPTER THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH.
(You yourself,
she replied, "are the one to whom I was sent but,) because you are well aware of your good looks, you are proud and sell your favors instead of giving them. What else can those wavy well-combed locks mean or that face, rouged and covered with cosmetics, or that languishing, wanton expression in your eyes? Why that gait, so precise that not a footstep deviates from its place, unless you wish to show off your figure in order to sell your favors? Look at me, I know nothing about omens and I don't study the heavens like the astrologers, but I can read men's intentions in their faces and I know what a flirt is after when I see him out for a stroll; so if you'll sell us