"Ast ubi…": Five Hexameters at Satyrica 99.3

 This article argues that a passage of the Satyrica (99.3), long printed as prose, in fact consists of five consecutive hexameters. The corruption can be explained by common scribal practice: verse written continuously without lineation was either left for the reader to recognize or was subsequently...

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Petronius
Satyrica
textual transmision
prosimetrum
hexameter
Petronio
transmisión textual
hexámetro
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spelling I26-R133-article-153272026-06-09T13:40:09Z "Ast ubi…": Five Hexameters at Satyrica 99.3 Jensson, Gottskálk Petronius Satyrica textual transmision prosimetrum hexameter Petronio Satyrica transmisión textual prosimetrum hexámetro  This article argues that a passage of the Satyrica (99.3), long printed as prose, in fact consists of five consecutive hexameters. The corruption can be explained by common scribal practice: verse written continuously without lineation was either left for the reader to recognize or was subsequently normalized into prose when metre was no longer perceived. In this case intrusion of unpoetic forms and rearrangements of word order obscured the original structure. With the removal of alien elements and systematic rearrangement of the word order, the passage resolves itself into a coherent sequence of hexameters whose diction finds secure parallels in Vergil, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan. The recognition of these lines as verse enriches our understanding of Petronius’ prosimetric art and illustrates the vulnerability of his text in transmission, where the subtle interplay of prose and poetry could easily be effaced.   Este artículo sostiene que un pasaje de Satyrica (99.3), impreso desde hace mucho como prosa, en realidad consta de cinco hexámetros consecutivos. La corrupción se explica por prácticas escriturarias comunes: el verso copiado de manera continua, sin división, quedaba a discernimiento del lector o bien se normalizaba después como prosa cuando ya no se percibía el metro. En este caso, la intrusión de formas poco poéticas y los reordenamientos del orden de palabras oscurecieron la estructura original. Al eliminar los elementos ajenos y reordenar sistemáticamente el enunciado, el pasaje se resuelve en una secuencia coherente de hexámetros cuya dicción encuentra paralelos seguros en Virgilio, Horacio, Ovidio y Lucano. Reconocer estos versos como tales enriquece nuestra comprensión del arte prosimétrico de Petronio e ilustra la vulnerabilidad de su texto en la transmisión, donde el sutil juego entre prosa y poesía puede borrarse con facilidad.   Ediciones UNL 2026-05-28 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/epub+zip https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/index/article/view/15327 10.14409/op.2026.4.e0044 Ordia Prima; Vol. 4 (2026): Ordia Prima; e0044 3008-8380 1666-7743 10.14409/op.2026.4 es en https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/index/article/view/15327/21443 https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/index/article/view/15327/21444 Derechos de autor 2026 Gottskálk Jensson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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Inglés
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topic Petronius
Satyrica
textual transmision
prosimetrum
hexameter
Petronio
Satyrica
transmisión textual
prosimetrum
hexámetro
spellingShingle Petronius
Satyrica
textual transmision
prosimetrum
hexameter
Petronio
Satyrica
transmisión textual
prosimetrum
hexámetro
Jensson, Gottskálk
"Ast ubi…": Five Hexameters at Satyrica 99.3
topic_facet Petronius
Satyrica
textual transmision
prosimetrum
hexameter
Petronio
Satyrica
transmisión textual
prosimetrum
hexámetro
author Jensson, Gottskálk
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title "Ast ubi…": Five Hexameters at Satyrica 99.3
title_short "Ast ubi…": Five Hexameters at Satyrica 99.3
title_full "Ast ubi…": Five Hexameters at Satyrica 99.3
title_fullStr "Ast ubi…": Five Hexameters at Satyrica 99.3
title_full_unstemmed "Ast ubi…": Five Hexameters at Satyrica 99.3
title_sort "ast ubi…": five hexameters at satyrica 99.3
description  This article argues that a passage of the Satyrica (99.3), long printed as prose, in fact consists of five consecutive hexameters. The corruption can be explained by common scribal practice: verse written continuously without lineation was either left for the reader to recognize or was subsequently normalized into prose when metre was no longer perceived. In this case intrusion of unpoetic forms and rearrangements of word order obscured the original structure. With the removal of alien elements and systematic rearrangement of the word order, the passage resolves itself into a coherent sequence of hexameters whose diction finds secure parallels in Vergil, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan. The recognition of these lines as verse enriches our understanding of Petronius’ prosimetric art and illustrates the vulnerability of his text in transmission, where the subtle interplay of prose and poetry could easily be effaced.  
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