Satyricon is one of the oldest fiction work of Roman courtier Gaius Petronius Arbiter. While the most of the original manuscript is not intact, this work is narrated by the key character Encolpius and his efforts to retain his servant Giton from his friend Asciltos, who happened to be in intimate relationship with him. Though falls under Satire, this novel has many explicit elements of serious, comical and decadent.

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