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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle: The Satyricon
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Sara, Luke and Sam take a wild and dirty ride through the underbelly of Rome with Petronius’s Satyricon. Join us for Neronian conspiracies, Priapic purification rituals, Roman Donald Trump, and the literary connections to Harold & Kumar. Bonus: discussion of ancient dildos.
CW: suicide, sexual assault and explicit sexual content
- The long and satisfying 28,000-year history of the dildo - More information than Sara could give about the history of dildos!
- Petronius's Satyricon, translated by P.G. Walsh - An excellent translation with notes and an introduction, by P.G. Walsh.
- Tacitus on Petronius - In the Annals Book 16, sections 17-19, Tacitus tells us about Petronius's fall from Arbiter of Elegance and his ultimate end.
- Froma Zeitlin, "Petronius as Paradox" - The article that Sara references by the amazing scholar Froma Zeitlin.
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