In The Satyricon, the racy adventures of the impotent Encolpius and his friends and lovers provide the definitive portrait of the age of Nero. The Apocolocyntosis is a malicious skit on the "deification of Claudius the Clod," designed by Seneca to ingratiate himself with Claudius's successor, Nero.
The Satyricon; The Apocolocyntosis
PETRONIUS
Introduction
The Author and Date of the Satyricon
The Extent of the Work and the Plot
The Literary Qualities of the Satyricon
On the Text and Translation
Acknowledgments
The Satyricon
Puteoli
Dinner with Trimalshio
Eumolpus
The Road to Croton
Croton
The Fragments and the Poems
List of Characters
Notes on the Satyricon
Notes on the Fragments and Poems
SENECA
Introduction
The Authorship and Date of the Apocolocyntosis
The Place of the Work in Seneca's Writings
The Literary Qualities of the Apocolocyntosis
On the Text and Translation
The Apocolocyntosis of the Divine Claudius
Notes on the Apocolocyntosis
