Sara, Luke and Sam take a wild and dirty ride through the underbelly of Rome with Petronius’s Satyricon. Join us for Neronian conspiracies, Priapic purification rituals, Roman Donald Trump, and the literary connections to Harold & Kumar. Bonus: discussion of ancient dildos.

CW: suicide, sexual assault and explicit sexual content

• The long and satisfying 28,000-year history of the dildo - More information than Sara could give about the history of dildos!
• Petronius's Satyricon, translated by P.G. Walsh - An excellent translation with notes and an introduction, by P.G. Walsh.
• Tacitus on Petronius - In the Annals Book 16, sections 17-19, Tacitus tells us about Petronius's fall from Arbiter of Elegance and his ultimate end.
• Froma Zeitlin, "Petronius as Paradox" - The article that Sara references by the amazing scholar Froma Zeitlin.