Open AccessThe slaves' chorus in Petronius
Author(s) -
Barry Baldwin
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
emérita/emerita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-8384
pISSN - 0013-6662
DOI - 10.3989/emerita.1984.v52.i2.700
Subject(s) - parallels , chorus , narrative , literature , history , greek literature , ancient greek , classics , philosophy , art , engineering , mechanical engineering
The Greek refrain μάδεια περιμάδεια at Satyricon 52, 10 has been much suspected and much emended by editors. I offer a new textual solution, one that is palaeographically close, suitable to the narrative, and supportable by parallels in other Greek and Roman writers