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:
Volume 4.
BRACKET CODE:
(Forgeries of Nodot)
[Forgeries of Marchena]
{Additions of De Salas}
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CHAPTER THE NINETY-NINTH.
"I have always and everywhere lived such a life that each passing day wasspent 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 startfor foreign parts, you may come with me. I have taken a berth on avessel which will probably weigh anchor this very night. I am well knownon 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 wouldfree me from any annoyance by Ascyltos, and because it gave promise of ahappier life. I was overcome by the kindly sympathy o