After Dinner... Eumolpus and Further Travails Jim Lohmar Turlington 3302 Tuesdays 1:30 – 4:45(ish)‏

The Satyricon as Literature A cross-genre experiment spanning Menippean satire and the Greek romance novels. 'Nothing is as it seems.' recall: Tacitus Ann An anti-Odyssey? Importance of Priapus

Some possible name-etymologies Giton: “neighbor”; “boy next door” (vicinus)‏ Encolpius: “in the lap”; “McGroin” Eumolpus: “good singer” Ascyltos: “not pulled about”; “firm?” Ascyltos as Priapus figure Agamemnon

Trimalchio's Labyrinthine House and the loss of Giton Like previously in the dinner, Encolpius, Giton, and Ascyltos try to leave. Ascyltos 'rapes' Giton in the middle of the night. Judgment Scene

Enter: Eumolpus Encolpius inconsolable, gets a hotel near the beach. Goes to an art gallery... old man comes up to him. The boy of Pergamum. Tells a 'Fall of Troy' ecphrasis for a painting. Vergil's Aeneid comparanda. Nero's Fall of Troy

The Return of Giton Eumolpus as a comment on society: Lucan connection? Commentary on the state of the arts? Eumolpus and Encolpius end up back at hotel room...Giton shows up! Reconciliation scene Polyphemus scene

On Board with Lichas and Tryphaena Eumolpus, Giton, and Encolpius hop on a ship that Eumolpus has contracted. Begin to despair when voices are heard above deck. Plan to escape... The widow of Ephesus. Disembark and begin walking towards Croton Croton as a miniature Rome Encolpius and friends as con-men Eumolpus' poem on the way

Croton; Encolpius and Circe People of Croton take to Eumolpus quickly. Another textual break: final section of what is left. Circe and Chrysis; Encolpius as “Polyaenus” Another 'tweaked' Odyssey reference. Encolpius' impotence revisited.

Oenothea's Treatment Encolpius seeks treatment from an old woman for impotence. Kills holy Goose. A leather fascinum covered in oil, pepper, and crushed nettle seeds. Oenothea and Proselenus seem to enjoy the ceremony more than Encolpius/Polyaenus

The End of the Con Again, narrative breaks off and picks up as Eumolpus and Encolpius find out that their cover is blown. Eumolpus' final wish. 'the dog eat dog world of first century Rome'