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Encolpius ' slave, a boy named Giton, is apparently at Encolpius ' lodging when the story begins.
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Encolpius and slave
With Petronius ' Satyricon, Lazarillo takes some of the traits of the central figure of Encolpius, a former gladiator, but it is unlikely that the author had access to Petronius ' work ; from the comedies of Plautus, it borrows from the figure of the parasite and the supple slave ; other traits are taken from Apuleius's The Golden Ass.
Then Ascyltos arrives with a municipal slave to search for Giton, who hides under a bed at Encolpius ' request ( 97 ).
Encolpius and boy
The surviving portions of the text detail the misadventures of the narrator, Encolpius, and his lover, a handsome sixteen-year-old boy named Giton.
Encolpius decides not to reveal Giton's identity, but he and the poet fall into rivalry over the boy ( 93-94 ).
A handsome sixteen-year-old boy, the lover of Encolpius.
Encolpius and named
The surviving sections of the novel begin with Encolpius traveling with a companion and former lover named Ascyltos, who has joined Encolpius on numerous escapades.
In the next scene preserved, Encolpius and his friends board a ship, along with Eumolpus ' hired servant, later named as Corax ( 99 ).
A maid named Chrysis flirts with Encolpius and brings to him her beautiful mistress Circe, who asks him for sex.
Encolpius and Giton
Encolpius locates Ascyltos ( 7-8 ) and then Giton ( 8 ), who claims that Ascyltos made a sexual attempt on him ( 9 ).
An orgy ensues and the sequence ends with Encolpius and Quartilla exchanging kisses while they spy through a keyhole at Giton having sex with a virgin girl ; and finally sleeping together ( 26 ).
Encolpius returns with his companions to the inn but, having drunk too much wine, passes out while Ascyltos takes advantage of the situation and seduces Giton ( 79 ).
Encolpius quarrels with Ascyltos and the two agree to part, but Encolpius is shocked when Giton decides to stay with Ascyltos ( 80 ).
As he returns home, Encolpius encounters Giton who begs him to take him back as his lover.
Eumolpus threatens to reveal him but after much negotiation ends up reconciled to Encolpius and Giton ( 98 ).
Despite their attempt to disguise themselves as Eumolpus ' slaves ( 103 ), Encolpius and Giton are identified ( 105 ).
Encolpius, Giton and Eumolpus get to shore safely ( as apparently does Corax ), but Lichas is washed ashore drowned ( 115 ).
Circe and Encolpius exchange letters, and he seeks a cure by sleeping without Giton ( 129-130 ).
A friend and traveling companion of Encolpius, and his rival for the affections of Giton.
Encolpius and Giton have had contact with Lichas and Tryphaena.
If there is parody in the Satyricon it is not about the main characters — Encolpius, Giton and Ascyltos — but of the described social reality, and the literary genres of certain famous poets and writers, Homer, Plato, Virgil and Cicero included.
Encolpius and is
Throughout the novel, Encolpius has a hard time keeping his lover faithful to him as he is constantly being enticed away by others.
Encolpius's friend Ascyltus ( who seems to have previously been in a relationship with Encolpius ) is another major character.
The work is narrated by its central figure, Encolpius, a former gladiator.
In the first passage preserved, Encolpius is in a Greek town in Campania, perhaps Puteoli, where he is standing outside a school, railing against the Asiatic style and false taste in literature, which he blames on the prevailing system of declamatory education ( 1-2 ).
After two or three days spent in separate lodgings sulking and brooding on his revenge, Encolpius sets out with sword in hand, but is disarmed by a soldier he encounters in the street ( 81-82 ).
Encolpius belatedly discovers that the captain is an old enemy, Lichas of Tarentum.
Encolpius is tempted to sever the offending organ, but prays to Priapus at his temple for healing ( 133 ).
Oenothea, who is also a sorceress, claims she can provide the cure desired by Encolpius and begins cooking ( 134-135 ).
While the women are temporarily absent, Encolpius is attacked by the temple's sacred geese and kills one of them.
Oenothea is horrified, but Encolpius pacifies her with an offer of money ( 136-137 ).
The second of these claims can be connected with an insult by Ascyltos ( 9 ), which might indicate that Encolpius escaped from fighting as a gladiator because the arena collapsed, although the text at that point is uncertain.
Encolpius and apparently
Sidonius Apollinaris refers to " Arbiter ", by which he apparently means Petronius ' narrator Encolpius, as a worshipper of the " sacred stake " of Priapus in the gardens of Massilia.
Encolpius and at
Encolpius and companions are invited, along with Agamemnon, to a dinner at the estate of Trimalchio, a freedman of enormous wealth, who entertains his guests with ostentatious and grotesque extravagance.
Encolpius states at one point, " I escaped the law, cheated the arena, killed a host " ( 81 ).
Encolpius and when
Encolpius discovers that his companion Ascyltos has left and breaks away from Agamemnon when a group of students arrive ( 6 ).
Encolpius and .
Encolpius, illustration by Norman Lindsay.
Encolpius listens to their ordinary talk about their neighbours, about the weather, about the hard times, about the public games, and about the education of their children.
On the next day, Encolpius wakes to find his lover and Ascyltos in bed together naked.
Encolpius invites Eumolpus to dinner.
Encolpius flees from Oenothea and her assistants.
* Encolpius.
An enemy of Encolpius.
A woman attracted to Encolpius.
Circe's servant, also in love with Encolpius.
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