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DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND LIETERATURES

– The Ancient Romance

Fall 2020

Instructor:

Name: ______________________________

Writing Assignment: The Satyricon


Please answer the following question and submit it by October 20, 2020 @ 8pm:

  1. Analyze the relationship between Encolpius and Giton from the point of view of eros and nosos. Consider the power dynamic between the two: Are there any moments of the sort of ‘sexual symmetry’ that D. Konstan sees as a through line of the two ideal Greek novels we’ve read? If their love is unequal (‘assymetrical’), is the balance of power always tilted in favor of one of the protagonists or does it shift back and forth between the two? Cite paragraph numbers (e.g., §66) for your examples.