Quartilla
Quartilla is a character in the Satyricon which is said to be the "first picaresque" novel in Latin[2] although it is not completely extant. This story was written by Petronius Arbiter (Petronius) in the first century. Quartilla is a follower of the god Priapus and she and her maids are involved with seducing and torturing three of the characters, Encolpius, Ascyltum and Giton.[3] She has been the subject of artistic[1] and academic study.[4] It has been proposed that she represents Octavia and her name is a pun like reference for the reader.[5]
References
- ^ a b The Satyricon (Illustrated Edition), Barnes & Noble, Retrieved 28 June 2017
- ^ G. M. A. Grube (1995). The Greek and Roman Critics. Hackett Publishing. p. 261. ISBN 0-87220-310-7.
- ^ Christopher Gill, "The Sexual Episodes in the Satyricon" in Classical Philology vol. 68 (1973) pp. 172-185
- ^ Costas Panayotakis, "Quartilla's Histrionics in Petronius, "Satyrica" 16.1-26.6" in Mnemosyne 4a ser. vol. 47 (1994) pp. 319-336
- ^ the roman novel. CUP Archive. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-1-00-134053-1.
Bibliography
- Martha Habash, "Petronius’ Satyrica 24.7: Quartilla’s Asellus" in Ancient Narrative vol. 5
External links
- Dennis P. Quinn, "Quartilla's Cure" (1997)