This story was written by Micheal Posey. Sections 28-31 of Petronius’ Satryicon served as inspiration for this creative piece. Told from the viewpoint of an enslaved member of Trimalchio’s household, this account recognizes the role(s) that household members carried out to ensure that Trimalchio’s guests remained entertained and in awe of the host’s largesse.
Eheu! Towards the end of this piece, the narrator clearly recognizes that he is already tired and that the banquet has just begun.
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This story was written by Micheal Posey and was inspired by section 27 of the Satyricon in which we meet Trimalchio, the host of a lavish dinner party. In my retelling of this story, it is Trimalchio with his garish clothing and his slippered feet that catches the narrator’s eye.
This story is written through the eyes of a Roman young man who is enjoying a day off from school at the baths. Roman public baths were built around three principal rooms: the tepidarium (warm room), the caldarium (hot room), and the frigidarium (cold room). The narrator enjoys the three baths of the complex and finds himself at a loss when he heads back to the apodyterium (changing room). This is a secondary version of the larva story featuring Threpte and Felix. You can see the original writing by clicking here. This version does not change the story, but does change the use of the supine of purpose to an "ut" clause with the subjunctive.
This story was written by Miriam Patrick and inspired by section 37 of the Satyricon in which we meet Fortunata and she is described as a variety of things including a magpie. This scene reveals that Fortunata has some power over Trimalchio as he listens to what she says and, even if she were to say it was night at noon, he'd believe her.
This story is written in letter format and imagines what Fortunata might write to her imagined sister. No name is given for her sister in this letter. At this time (29 July 2021) no second letter has been written, but is in the works. When it is ready, this post will be updated to include a link to it. Please click here to submit any questions or concerns about this story. This "what if" style story was written by Miriam Patrick. It is inspired by section 34 in which Trimalchio introduces a silver skeleton to the dinner. In this episode, two enslaved children (Felix and Threpte) discuss a misadventure Threpte had the night before when she stumbled upon a "larva" in search of a place to go to the bathroom. This story, in part, is meant to inspire discussion on Latin vocabulary as "larva" can mean many things.
The names of the enslaved children come from a tombstone inscription that two freedpersons erected on behalf of their child. Felix is the father and Threpte is the mother. While this story is not related to that tombstone, it imagines what these two might have been like as children themselves. Part 02 is not currently written (29 July 2021) but this post will be updated with a link to it when it is. Please click here to submit any questions or concerns about this story. |
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