 His gaiety recommended him to the notice of the prince. Being in favour at court, and cherished as the companion of Nero in all his select parties, he was allowed to be the arbiter of taste and elegance. Without the sanction of Petronius nothing was exquisite,...  The Satyricon of Petronius - Page xxby Petronius Arbiter - 1902 - 421 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cornelius Tacitus - Rome - 1813 - 516 pages
...sensuality he possessed talents for buns• siness. From his public station he returned to his AD l 66. usual gratifications, fond of vice, or of pleasures...exquisite, nothing rare or delicious. Hence the jealousy of Tigellinus, who dreaded a rival, in the good graces of the emperor almost his equal; in the science... | |
 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 410 pages
...pleasures that bordered on it. His gaiety recommended him to the notice of the prince. Being in favor at court, and cherished as the companion of Nero in...exquisite, nothing rare or delicious. Hence the jealousy of Tigellinus, who dreaded a rival in the good graces of the emperor almost his equal ; in the science... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus - 1836 - 780 pages
...See Plutarch, on the difference between a friend and a sycophant , and see Pliny, lib. xxxvil. a. 7. court, and cherished as the companion of Nero in all...exquisite, nothing rare or delicious. Hence the jealousy of Tigellinu?, who dreaded a rival in the good graces of the emperor almost his equal ; in the science... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus, Arthur Murphy - Rome - 1836 - 772 pages
...Sco Plutarch, on the difference between a friend and a sycophant: and «ее Pliny, lili, ixivii a 7. court, and cherished as the companion of Nero in all...be the arbiter of taste and elegance. Without the saction of Petronius nothing was exquisite, nothing rare or delicious. Hence the jealousy of Tigellinus,... | |
 | Charles Anthon - Classical dictionaries - 1841 - 664 pages
...returned to his usual gratifications, fond of vice, or of pleasures that bordered upon it. His gayety recommended him to the notice of the prince. Being...exquisite, nothing rare or delicious. Hence the jealousy of Tigellinus, who dreaded a rival, in the good graces of the emperor almost his equal, in the science... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1864 - 594 pages
...adsumptus est, elegantise arbiter. Being in favour at court, and cherished as the companion of Nero in his select parties, he was allowed to be the arbiter of taste and elegance. CALUMNY. Hist. i. 1. Obtrectatio et livor pronis auribus accipiuntur : quippe adulationi fcedum crimen... | |
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 pages
...Petronius. "Being in favor at court, and cherished as the companion of the Emperor Nero (AD 37-68) in all his select parties, he was allowed to be the arbiter of taste and elegance."— Bibald. I suppose that Milton refers to Pietro Aretino (1492-1557), who was honored with an extraordinary... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 690 pages
...and indolence. ARRITER OF TASTE. Being in favor at court, and cherished as the companion of Nero in his select parties, he was allowed to be the arbiter of taste and elegance. CALUMNY. Spleen and calumny are devoured with a greedy ear. Flattery wears a badge of servitude : while... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - Quotations, Latin - 1884 - 694 pages
...and indolence. ABBITEB OF TASTE. Being in favor at court, and cherished as the companion of Nero in his select parties, he was allowed to be the arbiter of taste and elegance. CALUMNV. Spleen and calumny are devoured with a greedy ear. Flattery wears a badge of servitude : while... | |
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