The lifestyle of the ancient eastern mediterranean seems so vibrant and fulfilling, I want to "get it" a little more; what can I read to soak it all in?
>>23538937The Satyricon
>>23538937Select papyri. With an English translation by A.S. Hunt and C.C. Edgar
>>23538937holy shit that guy is packin
>>23538984Satyricon isn’t set in the eastern med though which is what he specified for some reason. Satyricon is set in southern Italy. Trimalchio’s house is actually at a famous Italian port which was full of nouveau riche irl. Also one section is named “road to croton”
>>23539001Its an erotic painting of a 8 year old boy you freak, he's supposed to look supple and feminine.
>>23538984>>23538995>>23539055I was expecting more-so secondary literature concerning the lifestyle: diet, customs, clothing, religion; I'm eastern orthodox and noticed a lot of stuff in our culture that I like is similar to eastern mediterranean antiquity, thats why i asked
>>23539064Did you forget digit in that age, sir? Eight?
>>23539073Your post combined with the lewd painting implied to some itt that you were looking for bawdy erotica akin to Petronius arbiter or Lucius Apuleius.
>>23538937I highly recommend DH Lawrence's Etruscan Places. It's not scholarly secondary literature, exactly, but it's Lawrence's account of visiting an Etruscan necropolis in southern Italy, and imagining the life of the people who built those tombs and were buried in them.
>>23539106Another person who doesn’t know what the eastern Mediterranean entails. Also read this >>23539073
>>23538937>small penis
>>23539113Apologies for not realising how geographically pure you prefer your historical passions. Also the reason I mentioned that I wasn't recommending 'scholarly secondary literature' was that I did read >>23539073
>>23539064sorry but that guy does not look eight your honour
>>23538937Boipucci
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