Satyricon

American  

[sa-tir-i-kon] / sæˈtɪr ɪˌkɒn /

noun

1. a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.

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Example Sentences

But catch his cameo in "Satyricon"; you’ll see the haunted gauntness in his eyes and know that, for two decades, he was also killing himself with food.

From Salon

Vuillard places himself in a long tradition of satirical writing stretching as far back as Petronius’s “Satyricon.”

From New York Times

‘Fellini Satyricon’ When in ancient Rome, do as the ancient Romans do, as in legendary filmmaker Federico Fellini’s resplendent 1969 fantasy drama.

From Los Angeles Times

This class of parasites was savagely parodied in the first-century satirical novel "Satyricon" by Gaius Petronius, written during the reign of Nero.

From Salon

Mr. Badoglio, who wrote horoscopes for the Italian newspaper La Nazione and the gossip magazine Chi, also aided Federico Fellini, in whose service he beseeched cemetery-dwelling spirits to bless the set of “Satyricon.”

From New York Times