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    The Satyricon — Volume 04 : Escape by Sea
    The Satyricon — Volume 04 : Escape by Sea
    The Satyricon — Volume 04 : Escape by Sea
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    The Satyricon — Volume 04 : Escape by Sea

    By W. C. Firebaugh and Petronius Arbiter

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
    The Satyricon — Volume 04 : Escape by Sea

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      The Satyricon — Volume 04 - W. C. Firebaugh

      THE SATYRICON of Petronius, Vol. 4

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Satyricon, Vol. 4 (Escape by Sea)

      by Petronius Arbiter

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: The Satyricon, Vol. 4 (Escape by Sea)

      Author: Petronius Arbiter

      Release Date: May 22, 2004 [EBook #5221]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SATYRICON, VOL. 4 ***

      Produced by David Widger

      THE SATYRICON OF

      PETRONIUS ARBITER

      Volume 4.

      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:

      The Embarkation

      The Fight

      Eumolpus Reciting

      The Ephesian Matron

      The Rescue of Tryphena

      Corax

      THE SATYRICON OF

      PETRONIUS ARBITER

      Volume 4.

      BRACKET CODE:

      (Forgeries of Nodot)

      [Forgeries of Marchena]

      {Additions of De Salas}

             DW

      VOLUME IV.

      ENCOLPIUS, GITON AND EUMOLPUS ESCAPE BY SEA

      CHAPTER THE NINETY-NINTH.

      "I have always and everywhere lived such a life that each passing day was spent as though that light would never return; (that is, in tranquillity! Put aside those thoughts which worry you, if you wish to follow my lead. Ascyltos persecutes you here; get out of his way. I am about to start for foreign parts, you may come with me. I have taken a berth on a vessel which will probably weigh anchor this very night. I am well known on board, and we shall be well received.)

      Leave then thy home and seek a foreign shore

      Brave youth; for thee thy destiny holds more:

      To no misfortune yield! The Danube far

      Shall know thy spirit, and the polar star,

      And placid Nile, and they who dwell in lands

      Where sunrise starts, or they where sunset ends!

      A new Ulysses treads on foreign sands."

      (To me, this advice seemed both sound and practical, because it would free me from any annoyance by Ascyltos, and because it gave promise of a happier life. I was overcome by the kindly sympathy of Eumolpus, and was especially sorry for the latest injury I had done him. I began to repent my jealousy, which had been the cause of so many unpleasant happenings) and with many tears, I begged and pled with him to admit me into favor, as lovers cannot control their furious jealousy, and vowing, at the same time, that I would not by word or deed give him cause for offense in the future. And he, like a learned and cultivated gentleman, ought to remove all irritation from his mind, and leave no trace of it behind. The snows belong upon the ground in wild and uncultivated regions, but where the earth has been beautified by the conquest of the plough, the light snow melts away while you speak of it. And so it is with anger in the heart; in savage minds it lingers long, it glides quickly away from the cultured. That you may experience the truth of what you say, exclaimed Eumolpus, see! I end my anger with a kiss. May good luck go with us! Get your baggage together and follow me, or go on ahead, if you prefer. While he was speaking, a knock sounded at the door, and a sailor with a bristling beard stood upon the threshold. You're hanging in the wind, Eumolpus, said he, as if you didn't know that son-of-a-bitch of a skipper! Without further delay we all got up. Eumolpus ordered his servant, who had been asleep for some time, to bring his baggage out. Giton and I pack together whatever we have for the voyage and, after praying to the stars, we went aboard.

      CHAPTER THE ONE HUNDREDTH.

      (We picked out a retired spot on the poop and Eumolpus dozed off, as it was not yet daylight. Neither Giton nor myself could get a wink of sleep, however. Anxiously I reflected that I had received Eumolpus as a comrade, a rival more formidable than Ascyltos, and that thought tortured me. But reason soon put my uneasiness to flight.) It is unfortunate, (said I to myself,) "that the lad has so taken our friend's fancy, but what of it? Is not nature's every masterpiece common to all? The sun shines upon all alike! The moon with her innumerable train of stars lights even the wild beasts to their food. What can be more beautiful than water?

      "Yet it flows for common use. Shall love alone, then, be stolen, rather than be regarded as a prize to be won? No, indeed I desire no possession unless the world envies me for possessing it. A solitary old man can scarcely become a serious rival; even should he wish to take advantage,

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