# The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes

Author: Petronius Arbiter, 20-66; Firebaugh, W. C. [Translator]

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5223

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Satyricon+Petronius+Arbiter&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The arena of his activities is, however, that of Venus and not Mars. Petronius is fond of figurative language, and in several other passages, he has made use of the slang of the arena: (chap. 61 ), "I used to fence with my mistress herself, until even the master grew Suspicious"; and again, in chapter 19, he says: "then, too, we were girded higher, and I had so arranged matters that if we came to close quarters, I myself would engage Quartilla, Ascyltos the maid, and Giton the girl."

## Chapters

- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-satyricon-volume-06-editor-s-notes-5223/chapters/11/index.md)