Sunday, November 27, 2022

 

A Sacred Ceremony

Costas Panayotakis, "A Sacred Ceremony in Honour of the Buttocks: Petronius, Satyrica 140.1-11," Classical Quarterly 44.2 (1994) 458-467 (at 463):
Therefore, the best reading is the one adopted by Ernout in the Budé edition5 (Paris, 1962): 'pygesiaca sacra' = a sacred ceremony dedicated to πυγή.
My brother:
I've seen some buttocks that I'd like to honor.

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 4:59 AM


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