"Long live Nero." "Don't worry." "Go on." "Come on." "Hello, centurion." "Is this the right direction to Baia?" " Go straight on." "Check them!" " Password?" " Password is "Long live Nero"!" " Not even close." " Really?" " Don't you know the password?" " No." " That's not how it works." "Wait." "Centurion..." " What's up?" " Two men with no identification." "Come closer!" "Who are you?" "My name is Encolpius." "My father is prefect at Cordoba." "And he's Asciltus." " Ah, Asciltus." "From where?" " From Numantia." " Taranto!" " From Taranto." " What's your profession?" " We don't get your meaning, sorry." " What's your job?" " I'm a philosopher, and he's a poet." "Well, poet, we're two intellectuals, so to say." "Where do you come from, and where are you going?" "From Rome." "We're going to Baia for vacation." "Do you have a position, or do you count on living by your wits?" "I've got a letter by the senator Annaeus Mela." " Show me." "Come on!" " Here." " It's only one half!" " Pay attention, you're always messy!" "Give him the other half!" "Take it out!" "Here." "Annaeus Mela is an important person, a friend of the emperor." "He's his nephew!" "His nephew?" "And nobody escorts you through Italy?" "!" " We're just having fun." " Ok, let them go." "On your way!" "Thanks." "I don't know..." "See over there now?" "Don't turn." "Pretend nothing's happened." "Oh gods!" "The praetorian guard!" "That's all we need now!" "How many guards are moving around today?" "Damn!" "Wait!" " Come on!" "Run!" "Come!" "Hey you!" "Stop!" "Let's go." "Why are we always running away?" "I'm sick and tired of running!" "Do not ask stupid questions!" "Do you want to see me hanged?" "Stop!" "Come on, run into this hole!" "Here's a stairway." "Where will it lead?" "Come on, go ahead!" "There's a way here." "Let's go ahead." "Where are you going?" "You're not allowed to enter here." " Grandma, help us." "We're being chased." " Is there another exit this way?" "No, there are women praying, and men are not allowed here." " Why not?" "!" " It's a sacrilege!" " Give her some money." " Let's go!" " Thanks." "Bye, grandma." " Go, but don't stop, don't be seen!" "Those two men must not exit alive from the temple!" "Come on!" "Jump you too!" " Yeah, jumping." "No fucking way for me!" "Hello." "We come from Rome, do you have a room for us?" "No, I'm very sorry." "This morning a ship arrived, and now it's crammed full." "Do you know who you're talking to?" "There's a room, but it's a bit pricey." "It costs 50 sestertii." " Does it have lice or beetles?" " It's all set, very clean!" "Sorry." " Hey, did you ever ask yourself how we can pay?" "See that window?" "Tomorrow we'll leave a little note with a ton of thanks, and clear off." "Yes." "What about eating?" "Where will we eat?" "We'll find someone to invite us to a dinner!" " But we don't know anyone here!" " How troublesome this all is!" "I'm washing your clothes, and you keep on asking all these questions, for food and money." "Make some effort!" "You seem a kept woman!" "Move!" "Who is it?" "Who are you?" "A short time ago I was with my mistress at Priapus' temple." "Well, so what do you want from us?" "I, nothing." "But my mistress is very upset about the crime you committed." "It's no big deal!" "We were just passing through there by chance." "You were present at our secret rites." "Do you know that, if we report you, you'll end up nailed onto crosses?" "Help us to understand." "In short, what does your mistress want?" "She wants to see you and I must take you to her right now." "And then?" " Then she'll decide the punishment you deserve." "Yes, but we must go away, to Baia, right?" "Think carefully about what you're doing, ...as five armed slaves are waiting for you outside and if you try to escape, they will tear you to pieces." "Let me take a look." "So who is your mistress?" "Her name is Tryphaena, wife of Lycas, a rich ship-owner from Taranto." "And where's her husband?" "On the ship?" "Fortunately for you, he's travelling, otherwise you'd be done for." "Quick, get aboard." " Go ahead." "Let's get ready." "In case we must plunge into sea." "Yes, but I can't swim..." "Where are those bastards?" "Who taught you to commit such crimes you won't even read about in books?" " Have mercy, madam!" " We're two students." "Scoundrels!" "I must confess that I'm feeling sorry for you." "As to me, since you saw me all naked in the temple," "I'm consumed by a fever that I can't subdue." "Be good." "Do not hurt us." "You don't have to fear me, but the gods!" "Luckily you're two strong and robust youngsters, as I can see." "Because Priapus' revenge is fearsome!" " Priapus!" "?" "You're in trouble, guys." "First, you'll lose hair from your bodies." "Your skin will get smooth and soft, your breasts will grow and and you'll get weak and flabby, like two old faggots." "However, if you accept to do some penance, ...Priapus the god could even turn a blind eye." "A penance?" "What kind of penance is it?" "I don't know anything." "All of us are under the command of a sorceress." "Woe to those who go against Priapus the god!" "He's one of the most vindictive!" "Come on, get undressed stark-naked!" " Why?" "There is no reason." "Stop asking questions!" "Keep still!" "Do you call this a penance?" "Come on, get up." "What are you doing?" "Drink it all in one go!" " What is it?" " It's satirium, a stimulant." " A stimulant?" " Yes." "How are you feeling now?" "Something burning in..." "Come closer..." "Kiss me, go on." "Go away, you swine!" "I'm an old woman, can't you see?" "Which of the two is ready?" "You!" "Go!" "Follow." "Go!" " Wait for me..." "Stop." "Come here." " Hands off, pig!" "How is our mistress?" " Not so fine, she has still a fever." " Why didn't you call a doctor?" " She doesn't need a doctor!" "Wait for me..." "Hello..." "How long will this penance last?" "Once it lasted for three days and three nights." "So it's not the first time this has happened." "We often catch youngsters at the temple, and when we don't find them there, we lie in wait on the street at night, and seize passing soldiers." "Tell me something." "Why does your mistress live on this ship?" "She was expelled from Carthage." "She's in exile here." " For political reasons?" " No, for indecent behaviour." "It seems that she was up to all sorts of things." "Won't you drink?" "What is this?" "It's an infusion of poppy, spices and onions." "You have to drink it!" "It's good, isn't it?" "Anything?" "Is it having an effect?" " Give me a kiss!" " No, it's not for me!" " Kiss me!" " It's for my mistress!" " Come on!" "Give me a kiss!" " No!" "Encolpius!" "Where are you?" "Where did you hide?" "Wretch, get out!" "Now I see you!" "This will be a lesson for you to learn not to grab what's doomed to our mistress!" "Stop it!" "Poor her!" "She's not guilty." " Who's guilty then?" "Get up!" "I won't do it anymore!" " Shame on you!" "You're guilty and made me drink that stuff." "Shame on you!" "Remember that you're not here to have fun!" "Now I want to see how you'll make it with my mistress." "What?" "!" "What do I have to do?" "Has the other already gone out?" " No, he's still in there." "Wait here." "I say that I can't take it anymore." "I can't do it anymore!" "How can I make you understand that?" " Come here, my handsome slug..." "Hands off!" " It serves you right!" "Go away!" "Send me your friend." "Ouch!" "You've hurt my head!" "Blast you!" " Did she hurt you?" "Hurt me?" "She was nearly snapping my ear off by her bite and broke a vase on my head!" "That miscreant!" " What does she want?" "– I don't know." "She's a leech!" " Where are you, Encolpius?" " Here I am, I'm coming." " Go." " Encolpius, come here!" " I go, Asciltus." " Go." "You'll see." " Encolpius..." " I'm here." "Come closer..." "How bitter cold..." "Feel how cold my feet are." "Do you like them?" "How nice..." "Bite me." "Harder." "You're soft." "Drink." " I've already drunk." " Drink once again." "Well, is Encolpius ready?" " So quickly?" "Be patient." "Come on!" "Oh my!" "I feel like being used up...my head's spinning..." "Come on, drink, and then we'll have lunch!" "...Life's a harsh destiny." "What is it?" "Satirium once again!" "Doesn't your husband object to all these little treats?" "He doesn't even get angry, and doesn't worry while travelling." " Really?" " As he knows I don't cheat him." "That's a good one!" "Hence what have we done tonight?" "It's a penance Priapus the god ordered me to do and just because of you." "Let him drink." " I'm so tired." "How hot..." "Kiss me." " That's enough now!" "I can't take it anymore!" "Kiss me." " I want to sleep, go away!" "Eat this flower, otherwise hair will grow on all your body!" "Go away, dirty hag!" " It's an aphrodisiac!" "I'm getting bored.." "I'm sleepy..." " Are you really so sleepy?" "Yes, I want to sleep..." "Please, lady, if you don't let us sleep for a while, we'll die..." "I'm tired, sorry..." " I'm tired too." "I can't believe that you always want to sleep!" "The penance must last all night long!" "Come on, bring something to drink!" "Plug his nose!" "What's up?" " Taste how good this reviving honey is." "Leave me alone..." "leave me alone!" " You'll lose all your hair!" "Why don't you make out with slaves?" "Sluts!" "Do it with the slaves!" "You'll see that you're going to feel like a lion!" "Just wait." "Enough!" " I like you..." "I feel like a lion..." " How many hands how many hands you have?" "!" "Tell me that you desire my mistress!" "No, I don't!" "I no longer like and want any woman in my life!" "Where are you running away?" "Rotten impotent dissolute!" "Spineless!" "Where are you going?" "Coward!" "Stop!" "Betrayer!" "Slacker!" "Stop!" " Asciltus?" " Help!" "Capture him!" " It's better to die!" "What are you doing?" "Are you resisting?" " Let me go..." "Coward!" " Let me go!" " Take this, disgusting coward!" "Betrayer!" "My handsome gladiator, that's how I like you." "Place the boarding ladder slowly!" "Slowly!" "Get on!" "Slowly!" "Help!" "They're attacking our mistress!" "A brute has got on board!" "Help!" "They're raping me!" "My husband!" "Help me!" "Protect me!" "Help!" "They're raping me!" " Hey!" "Hey!" "Who's raping you?" "Help!" "Catch them!" "Help!" " Asciltus!" "My husband, help!" "My master!" "Oh, what our eyes have seen!" "Poor us!" "Those rascals have got on board..." "Let me go!" "What do you want from me?" "I didn't do anything and have nothing to do with it!" " This pig wanted to rape me too!" " You keep quiet, pimp!" "You made me drink satirium!" "These rogues broke into my cabin while I was sleeping, ...I can't show my face to you anymore." "One seduced Pudentillus while the other jumped on and raped me, threatening me with death!" "How is it possible that, whenever I'm back, I find a mess here?" "I know, Lycas, my dear husband." "But believe me, it's not my fault." "The fact is that I'm so unlucky." "Punish these two bastards!" "Oh my!" "She's a damned liar!" " You, keep quiet!" "What's your name?" " Asciltus from Taranto." " And yours?" " Encolpius from Cordoba." "Ah, from Cordoba." "What nice hair." "You even look educated." "You don't seem to be a rascal." "But sometimes appearances deceive." "Get up!" "You won't mind, my dear, if these two pleasant youngsters keep me company while I'm dining?" "Come, don't be afraid." "You've been having fun so far, and now it's my turn." "Encolpius!" "Encolpius!" "Encolpius!" "Where has he gone?" "Encolpius, where are you going?" "Ouch!" "Where are you going, Encolpius?" "Listen!" "Stop!" "Encolpius!" "Stop!" "What does it matter?" "Enough!" " Don't go mad!" "What do you want to do?" "When I call you, learn to reply!" "Take this!" "That's a lesson not to play-act with me again!" "It's shameful!" "Why does such a thing have to happen to me?" "Forget shame!" "Thank heavens we found such an open-minded man!" "Otherwise we'd have been hanged!" "I'd have preferred to die rather than to suffer such a humiliation..." "Look who's talking!" "Dirty slut!" "So willing, that you're wanted by everyone in Rome!" " Whose fault is it?" "When I came to Rome, I was a good boy and wanted to be a poet!" "Instead then I found you, who are nothing but a dirty rascal!" "You made me get engaged to a 60-year-old woman!" "Isn't that true?" "Sure." "It's also true that you didn't refuse, my dear." "What else did you think I could do?" "Keep on eating bread and mice?" "Damn!" "Hey, you two!" "Where do you think you're going?" "Why are all these police everywhere?" "Someone made an attempt on Nero's life." " Is he dead?" " No, he's alive, lucky for you!" " No, I was just..." " Where's Annaeus Mela's villa?" "Go straight on." "Beyond that hill, next to the lake..." "Lucky you!" "They used to have good times every night there and here we are..." "Encolpius, come and see." "It's a disaster!" "Who is she?" "She must be my aunt, Annaeus Mela's wife." "Let's go away." "We'd better clear out." "My master, give me the strength to follow you to the grave." " Stop!" "What are you doing?" " Leave me alone!" "I want to die!" "Give me that dagger!" "And who are you?" "What are you doing here?" "I'm his nephew." "Tell me, why were you about to kill yourself?" "I was his favourite little slave." "He cared for me so much." "Listen..." "Let me come with you, I'm afraid and all alone now..." "Stop crying." "Get up." "Tell me, what happened in this house?" "Your uncle was charged with taking part in the conspiracy." "So Nero forced him to commit suicide." "First he slashed his wrists but blood didn't come out and so hot water was needed." "And also your aunt did so." "But why did slaves, servants and my aunt commit suicide too?" "Your uncle was a very righteous and generous man." "Nobody wanted to survive his death." "And also I'd have done so, if you hadn't come in time." " Thief!" "Leave the silverware!" " Is it yours?" " No, but..." " Go away." "Get out of here!" "You're nothing but an ugly faggot!" "Go away!" "Encolpius!" " This scum is biting me?" "Take this!" " Thief!" " Take this!" " Stinker!" "Encolpius!" "Get rid of him, of this scum!" "Let me go!" "He kicked my belly!" "Put this stuff down, vulture." "It's my uncle's stuff!" "It's no longer your uncle's stuff." "All that is yours." " What?" "It's his stuff now?" " Yes, Annaeus Mela has no heirs." "And he's his nephew." "So he owns all this now." "Lands, villa, silverware, he owns everything." " So we're rich!" " Sure, I'm rich..." "Take this and keep everything under lock and key, go." " Yes, lock it away." " Ok, I'll go and apologise." "First we have to take care of the funeral." "Absolutely not!" "Forget the funeral!" "No." "First we have to burn the will!" " The will?" "Why?" "Does it exist?" "Yes, before his death, he left all his goods to slaves." "Excuse me but what does the will have to do with it?" "He's his nephew." "Let's find a lawyer and burn the will." " Where's the will?" " The praetorian guards are coming!" "Oh my gods!" "What's going to happen now?" "Long live Nero!" " Open the door!" " They'll kill us all..." "Let's run away." " This way!" "No, through the kitchen, there's a secret passage!" "No!" "What are you doing?" "Encircle the house!" "Quick!" "Stop!" "And Asciltus?" "Who knows if they have captured him..." "Sure they have, the house was surrounded." " And now?" "What to do?" " Come, let's go this way." "But, really!" "How can anyone be unluckier than I am?" "My uncle died, ...the emperor stole my inheritance from me, ...and I've lost my best friend!" " You lost all, but inherited me." "Nice heritage..." "I cannot even survive by myself, just imagine!" "When we reach Baia, we will rent a room and you'll teach Greek and I'll prepare meals for you, ...clean your clothes, get your bed ready." "You can have me by day and also by night." "Well said." "Come on, let's go." "Hello." "Do I have to stable your horses?" "They died on the way." "Do you have a room for me and my slave girl?" "I've got a feeling that I know you." "You have been here in my hotel before, haven't you?" "No." "But I have a good memory..." "Weren't you short-haired in the past?" "You're mistaken, sir." "I was never short-haired." "Hey, will you give us that room or not?" "Sorry, my hotel's very small and has only 12 rooms, all occupied now." " A guest is leaving for Rome shortly." " Mind your own business!" "Why don't you want to give us a room?" "Do we look so suspicious?" "If you knew who's my master, you'd start to shake like a leaf." "Alright." "You can have room no. 6." "But your slave girl must sleep in the stable with the horses." "The course of the stars is like that." "All those which set, then always rise again." "A part of the sky goes up and another goes down." "You must seize joy like hedge roses in the light of the moon, before an icy winter comes and sweeps us away like leaves in the wind." "Tell me, Giton, where will you sleep tonight?" "Don't worry about me, I'll lay out a cover on the corridor." "We could share my bed and sleep embraced together all night long." "Your uncle's corpse is still warm in the grave and you already dare to desecrate his memory?" "Why wait?" "We have to enjoy every moment of our lives intensely." "Tell me something: what's drawing me to you so irresistibly?" "I hide a secret that you'll know one day, ...when it will be too late to get rid of me." "I want to know that secret right now!" "Come here." " No!" "Come here!" "Don't try to escape me!" "Take this!" "Do you want to play the little virgin with me?" " Let me go!" " If you try to make a fool of me, ...I'll kill you..." " Ouch!" "...Believe me!" " You're hurting me!" "Put that dagger away!" "And you, curly-haired onion, get out of here!" "I said, get out!" "Look what a mess they've made here..." "Hey, this is not a brothel!" "I house first class guests!" "Shopkeepers, senators, respectable people!" "I don't care about your senators." "When I'm in my room with my slave girl, ...I do what I want!" " I know your slave girl." "She was Annaeus Mela's friend." "Also I know what's said about her." "What do they say about her?" "That she's a little boy." " A little boy?" " Yes." "A boy disguised as a girl." "And do not pretend you did not know it." " Listen..." " Yes?" " Have you seen my slave?" " She must have gone over there." "You're here, aren't you?" "What are you doing?" "These are the people who have kindly left their room free for you." " Thanks." " You're welcome." "Please, take a seat." "We've already made friends with your servant." "May I get some wine?" "This is Antonia from Syracuse, an ex-ballerina." "Her husband is Abinna, a very kind man." "They've invited me to dinner." "Ah, I've heard your name before." "To be honest, I'm the greatest funeral director in Rome, hence in the world." "Help yourself, we've almost finished." " We'd need to have a little talk..." " About what?" " Some rumours about you." " Will you stay here for long?" "No, we're going to Baia for vacation, we're just passing through." "We own a simple little house there too." "Let's call it a villa." "Well, it goes without saying." "Modesty." "I love modesty." "I never went to Baia but have always heard it's an exciting place." "Sure." "In the past only patrician families used to go there." "But now everyone can be found there:" "Pimps, thieves, people of any sort!" "It has become absurd, all of them live there by their wits." "Not to mention the fashion there." "You can see well-bred youngsters, ...wearing tunics tight on their hips, with their long hair, ...on their shoulders, all powdered and with their lips painted, ...to the point that you cannot distinguish a man from a woman." "Excuse me, but I'm tired, and I'm going to bed." "Well said." "So I'll leave with no worries." "Good night." "Will you come with me?" " Yes." " Where are you going?" " To sleep." " Have you found a bed?" " Yes, I'm sleeping with the lady." " With the lady?" "Yes, if you allow, she can come and sleep with me." "I've got a very large bed and we will sleep comfortably." "Since I have to leave and my wife's afraid of the storm, ...I'm happy that she will sleep with this girl." "Giton, listen, wait for a while, I must have a word with you." "I'm very tired, let's talk tomorrow in the morning." " Good night." "Why don't you leave tomorrow?" "A very bad storm's coming." "No, I have a very important funeral." "Unfortunately dead people can't wait." "Giton, is it you?" "I'll report both of you!" "Have mercy, I beg you, we're already wanted by the police." "Don't hurt us!" "I guess you can imagine what a young and well-bred woman like me feels discovering in her bed a strong, manly boy, instead of a slave girl." "A little boy?" "Are you really sure?" "And what a male!" "He didn't even give me the time to cry for help!" "What are you going to do now?" "Sell me your slave, and I'll forget this incident." "Nice sale!" "So you'll have fun as you like, won't you?" "Slut!" "Listen, I'll be clear and honest, like spring water." "I'd have preferred you as a bedfellow, but my husband is jealous and a slave girl will not arouse suspicion at home." "I'll tell your husband everything!" "Take this money and run away or I'll have you and your little friend arrested!" "May I at least say goodbye to him?" "For the last time..." "You're young." "Women like and lust for you, ...it's unfair that you are so fond of a little boy." "You're right." "I'd better leave right now, for god's sake." "Encolpius, wait for me!" "I'm here." "Away!" "Where have you been all night, filthy animal?" "If you leave me, I'll cut my throat right before your eyes." "Stop pretending!" "Ugly imposter!" "Why didn't you tell me that you're a boy?" "I'm wanted by the police, do not give me away, nobody must recognise me..." "Indeed!" "And in the meanwhile I was falling in love with you." "Got it?" "I was going to fall into your trap!" "Wait for me!" "No, Encolpius." "Don't leave me." "Pretend that I'm your slave girl." "No, I cannot go back now, and besides I have already sold you to that lady." " How much money did she give you?" " 5,000 sestertii." "What?" "!" "Come on, let's run away before she wakes up!" "Here I've gathered you brothers and disciples, ...to talk about what's going on in these places, ...about sin, which hides behind a deceptive and infamous beauty," "...and to talk about them, these men, ...who display the most uncontrolled and wild vanity in their riches, ...only dazed by the lustful music coming from these temples of vices!" "This new Sodom, this Babylon, this Sybaris, where everyone is only devoted to worship of the senses and to money!" "But the smell of decay is already coming from your pleasures!" "Because the gods' wrath is getting ready!" "The flowery ships will sink!" "And lustful music will be over!" "Be careful with yourselves, I tell you." "Reject any flattery this society will give you..." "And what do you want to give us in exchange?" "A society based on boredom, persecution, obscurantism and idolatry of death." " That's a slander." "I'm Demetrius of Carso, a philosopher, and I belong to the great Stoic school." "You're hiding behind the noble cloth of the Stoic school." "You're actually a sect from the East, ...a band of mad dreamers!" "While preaching love and mercy, you're spreading anarchy and terror!" "Calm down, my son." "Why you dare contradict the teacher?" "It may be dangerous..." "Everybody go away!" "Away!" "Away from camp!" "Come on!" "Run away!" "Come on, this way!" "Hey..." "Come upstairs, come." "Come on, it's your big chance." "That's a brothel!" " So what?" "Hello..." "Leave me alone." "Go away!" "What a nice little girl..." "Have you just come here?" "Hands off!" "What does this guy want?" "Let's go..." "Hands off!" "Damn!" "Away!" "Dirty pig!" "Let's see whether there's another exit..." " My little bird is tired..." " Why are you always in my way?" "...it doesn't sing, it doesn't sing anymore if you love me, you sing..." "Soldier, have you won some money?" "Corinna, when the 3rd hour has gone, after sunset, the brothel must be closed!" "Closed?" " Yes!" "I have to write, and can't be disturbed!" "Ok?" "May I know what the hell are you writing?" "What I want!" "Songs, poems, comedies...what do you care?" "Asciltus!" " Encolpius!" " Asciltus!" " How are you?" " I thought you had died." "And I was looking for you everywhere!" " They're chasing me..." " Fine!" "Nothing's changed..." "Do you happen to have a hiding place for me and my little slave?" "Your little slave?" "Sure." "Here, upstairs, in my room." " What?" "Do you really live here?" " No, I live alone upstairs, come." "Corinna?" "Agreed?" "3 hours after sunset." "Corinna, who's that handsome youngster, whom I never saw here before?" "It's a clean little place, you'll see." "Hello, Plinia." "Hi." "It smells good in here." " How many times do I have to tell you?" "As I already told you many times, to get into my place you must not come via that dirty place!" "You should come through the main door, like every customer." "Behave yourself!" "I've got some guests now..." " Let's go." " Guests, my foot!" "First you have to pay for the room, or I'll kick all of you out!" "They're crazy..." "Do you have some money?" " I've got 5,000 sestertii." " See?" "Give us the bill now, ...we'll give you a month's rent in advance!" "Send an excellent meal to our room along with your good home-made wine!" "Do not get angry!" "Bye." " Hands off!" "Phew..." "We've experienced many things together, ...risked our lives and limbs, lost and found each other again but, tell me, why do we have to waste our lives this way?" "You're right, and I'm very glad to hear you say this." "Incidentally, I have started to work seriously." "I wrote a lot of things." "Will you stop this noise finally or must I call the police?" "There's a drunk man..." " Ah, it's you, Scilla!" "Well done!" "I don't give a damn about that drunk man." "Throw him out!" "I can't stand it anymore!" "Away, slut!" "Look, Encolpius, you're right." "Here we have to start from scratch!" "We have to go to other places and meet some real intellectuals, ...in short, some people worthy of us!" "That's what I meant!" "Where?" "You might attend Agamemnon's school, where your uncle taught." " That's true." " It's a very famous school, ...where you can meet great philosophers and poets from Rome." "All of them are here for vacation." "Well said." "Here's your little wig..." "Ouch..." "Here I apply some cinnamon oil..." "Just a minute and you'll be as handsome as Apollo." "So much for that." "Perfume!" "Here." "You're more handsome than Apollo." " It's for you." " So, always ask for Zeno." "Thanks." " See you soon." " Is this a new chicken?" " Sure, just killed!" " Hey!" "Do you know those ones?" " See they're two fashionable guys?" "See how people are looking at us?" "I bet!" "Made up as we are." "Good morning..." "Good morning!" "Who are those?" "Now that you made me spend all my money, tell me how we can eat." "Be happy, don't worry." "You'll see that before night we'll get also an invitation to dinner." "The fact is that the wise ones, who came before us, did not leave us with uncovered truths, but with truths to discover!" "We've proposed new laws to reorganise provinces, ...to enfranchise slaves, to remove customs in order to build a new world under Rome's insignia!" "But, I say, who's against the course of history?" "That's a supercilious idiot." "The big landowners from the South did that." "Their supporters in the Senate consider the abolition of customs as a threat to them." "I was not talking to you!" "It's a rhetorical question which needs no reply!" "See that he's getting angry..." "Enough!" "It's pointless!" "You'll never get anything about rhetoric!" "Yeah..." " There are more present problems, ...the problem of pensions for our valiant workers..." "Why are you fueling a lot of arguments?" "Excuse me, why have we come here?" "Is that new to you?" "Don't we have to find someone to invite us to dinner?" "That guy, he's the right one." "He's rich." " What's his name?" " Piso." " What?" " Piso!" "Oh, my much beloved Piso!" "I was wondering why fate is my enemy, ...instead it gives me the joy of seeing you again." "Oh, my dearly beloved one..." "but who are you?" "I've forgotten and who's this handsome boy, so polite?" "May I invite you to dinner at my house?" " Sure." " Yes?" "I'm honoured." " No, we cannot." " Why?" " Yes, we can!" " Let's go." "Forget it!" " What?" "!" "This way, we'll never eat!" "Didn't you see that he's a dirty old man?" "What do you care?" "...you're wearing a tunic, so ragged and shabby." "The fact is that at my age I'm no longer interested in mundane things." "My dear young friends, as you know, ...I've been living in this city for two months and I'm waiting here for a ship, coming from Egypt, loaded with gold, worth many millions of sestertii," "and while waiting for such a long frustrating time," "I ask myself: "What will I do with such huge riches?"" "I'm alone in the world, I have no wife, sons..." "I wish you a long life!" "But when you die, as you'll have to, like everyone, to whom will you leave your riches?" "I've been wondering about this problem for a long time..." "Having no sons, I'll leave everything to my disciples!" "To those good pupils... who will be close to me spiritually during the last years of my life, ...and willing, after my death..." "to eat my corpse." "To eat your corpse?" "!" "Yes, that's the condition." "Prejudices, is there anything more foolish in the world?" "Be sure, we have no prejudices." "No meat is good in itself, but well dressed maybe by a bit of fish sauce..." " Here, well said." "Even if it's not fresh, it's edible with a bit of fish sauce..." "That's true." "But I'd like to know one thing." "Why are you proposing that we should eat your corpse?" "Maybe for some deep reasons stemming from your philosophical concepts?" "More religious than philosophical, in the sense that my atoms, ...and maybe my very soul, will come into you, ...setting up a sort of spiritual continuity." "Listen, in order to talk about that more peacefully, ...why don't you invite us to dinner at your house?" "Fellows, if you're trying to scrounge a dinner, you're mistaken, because I'm here for the same reason." "So, listen, let's clear this up." "You're not in fact a rich man?" "I will be when the ship comes." "What are you going to do tonight, blonde baby?" "Would you like to walk with me?" "Come here!" "Let me touch you!" " Hey, wait!" "Be patient!" " Where do you live?" " Near here." "But we've been walking for half an hour!" "Come here!" "Help!" "Bandits!" "Do not shout!" " Why did you stab him?" " Where's the dagger?" "Grab the money!" "Here it is." "Just found it!" "Let's run away!" "Sluts!" "Ouch!" "My forearm!" "Never lose hope, my friends of little faith." "Destiny is always in the gods' hands You just need to catch it." "You're right!" "What if the gods get angry?" "If the gods get angry, it's their own business." " Corinna?" " Cut it out!" "What does she want?" " Hey!" "Who are you talking to?" " To a friend of mine over there." "I told you a million times that you must not talk to whores!" "Or I'll slap you!" "Come on, clear off!" "Get back to work." "Keep on washing!" "Oh, Jupiter Pluvius and you, Juno, who rule men's and gods' destinies in the calm of Olympus, listen to the song revealing the quiet night when sleep deceives us, and you, Selene, white moon, listen..." " Pears are delicious with fish sauce!" "...life doesn't spare you darts of love either and love conquers you, gods, like the mortals, and your hearts burn, ...your bloods are aflame..." "You, go there!" "You're a pig!" "I can't stand it anymore!" "You must cut it out!" "You, pack!" "You, idiot, go away!" "Without me, you'll starve to death!" "Really?" "Give me the dagger!" "No." "You dirty slut, give me the dagger!" "Or I'll strangle you!" " He's strangling me!" " Sure!" "I'll kill you!" " Let her go!" "You, what do you want?" "Go away!" " Ouch!" "My ear!" " Let him go!" " Let him go!" " Son of a bitch!" " Damn!" " The fire!" " Let me go!" " The fire, Asciltus!" " Come on, blow it out!" " Look what a mess!" "That bed is mine, after all." "Look." " Help me!" " Come on!" "Pick it up!" "Throw it out!" "Hey!" "Rotten wretches!" "What do you want from me?" "Cut it out!" "See what you've done now!" "Idiots!" "Tell me where I'll sleep now!" "Hey, enough now!" " I'll call the police!" "What's the matter?" "Sorry, teacher." "It's just a little incident and then you dare to complain that we're too noisy, don't you?" "We had a fight!" "Asciltus and I now go our separate ways!" "No!" "He decided to go away, because of that asshole!" "Come on, friends, do not argue just when I'm about to give you good news!" "The ship has arrived?" "Forget the ship!" "Even better!" "This had better be good!" "We're all invited to dine with Trimalchio!" "Look at that guy over there." "Until two years ago he used to sell rags, ...now he's worth three million sestertii." "And that one over there, on our left side, is Ganymede." "He builds palaces that collapse at the first north wind." "His brother is next to him, he's a big landowner." "And that woman is his sister, an ex-hairdresser." "That guy over there owns a big factory of spicy sausages." "He exports all over the world." "He's been raking it in." "They were all slaves!" "And today... they're awfully rich!" "And what about that whale?" "Do you know who that woman is, whom you unfairly call "whale"?" "She's Trimalchio's wife." " So cute..." "When will Trimalchio come?" "It seems that he's still at his toilet." "What are you laughing at?" "Look who's here." " Who?" " The guy I stabbed." "Can't you see that his arm is still bandaged?" "Let's go, Giton, we'd better clear off." "But you're crazy." "He won't say anything." "Can't you see that his wife is here too?" "Hello." "You're always more beautiful." "My dear Savina." " Hi." "Let's pretend we don't see him." "What a rotten luck!" "He will ruin our dinner!" "What is he looking at?" "Has he noticed us?" "No..." "I don't think so." "My dearest friends, guests of both sexes!" "And if there's someone who's neuter, all the better!" "Get ready to welcome the master of the house!" "Our very generous Trimalchio!" "Glory, glory to Trimalchio!" "Glory, glory, glory!" "Trimalchio!" "Hello!" "Sorry, sorry for being late, but I've been inflating my belly for the last few days, and I've had to spend some time to discharge myself." "Wow!" "How refined is his language." "This is nothing." "Listen to the following." "Just a moment, what was I telling you?" "I forgot..." "Ah, yes..." "That my belly is playing dirty tricks on me." "Doctors prescribed some infusions, but let's hope for the best." "Otherwise you'll suddenly hear a big tapping, like a storm." "He seems vulgar, but he's not." "Well..." "There's nothing wrong about what I said." "Everyone has got some air in his belly and some holes and it can be dangerous, mostly if air comes up to brain." "Believe me, I know that many people died for not speaking clearly." "So, if someone has some needs..." "no problem, don't be shy, just go ahead!" "That girl is so good." "You couldn't have done anything else, ...having such a stupid face." " Hey!" "Cut it out!" " What?" "Are you crazy?" "You, get back to your place, and be good!" "No, she's a dear girl." "I'd like you to become one of my pupils." "Which pupil?" "Cut it out!" "You, be good!" "In short, leave her alone!" "You've stifled my appetite!" "Damn!" " Stop it!" "Profit by eating!" "Who knows when you'll eat again!" "No, if you behave, we'll be Trimalchio's guests every night." "What does "behave" mean?" "My dear, to be welcome in rich men's houses, we have to go along with their tastes, and above all, learn the art of flattery." " Meaning what?" " Wait and see." "Oh my dearest, richest and very powerful Trimalchio!" "A while ago this room was shrouded in darkness." "You were absent from our dining room, for the noble reasons you put forward." "Here's a strong shining sun rising on the horizon all of a sudden, ...that flooded our souls with joy!" "Now solve this..." "Who was that sun?" " Trimalchio!" " Yes!" "Trimalchio!" "I was born a slave but I'm not an idiot." "I know you're sweet-talking me, just to be invited to dinner every night." "Alright." "You'll be my guest every night for a week." "My dearly beloved Trimalchio!" "Are we invited too?" "Yes?" "No way." "How awful!" "Trimalchio!" "All the pigs ran away!" "The boars." "The boars!" "Damn!" "Boars are very dangerous animals!" "Anyone who has a weapon, defend yourself!" "Don't be scared, we are here!" " Give me a sword!" " Keep calm, my little boy." "Trimalchio, are you feeling ill?" "Oh, gods!" "What's happening to me?" "Trimalchio, what's wrong with you?" "Do not leave me..." "Go ahead!" "Make no allowances for me." "Cut it!" " Cut!" "What an imagination!" "Glory to Trimalchio!" " How wonderful!" "...Glory, glory, glory!" "..." " Gifts for everybody!" "How nice!" "Oh, very powerful Trimalchio, the clock has just struck... the 5th hour in the afternoon, exactly right now." "Have you heard, my friends?" "Another hour of our lives flew off." "We're left with an hour less to live." "I knew that, the usual bullshits..." "It must be unfair..." "Excuse me." "It must be unfair but my life is running fast." "For me as a rich man, as well as for slaves, ...those dogs even deprived of souls!" "So listen carefully to what I'm telling you." "Death is always waiting in ambush and might come all of a sudden!" "Thank goodness." "Death's passed through this time too and didn't notice me." "But let's not delude ourselves, next time might be the right one." "And now, my dear friends, let's eat, drink, and enjoy as much as possible." "This might be the last day of your lives." "If by chance tomorrow, waking up, we realise we're still alive, ...well, let's thank the gods for giving us one more day." "That's how a Roman man uses his head And I'm Roman." "And I eat." "Long live Trimalchio!" "Have you already finished?" "Try to use two fingers." "Try to reach it." "The ring is yours, if you want." "It's yours." "And now this is for you!" "For you!" "Here!" "Take it!" "A sapphire." "Take it!" "Here's a sapphire for you too!" "Crawl!" " Take it!" "Crawl and bite your ugly teeth!" "Well done!" " Giton, get out of there, quick!" "I said get out!" " Leave me alone!" "Ouch!" "Coward!" "Why did you bite my ear?" "Hey!" "Come!" "Beautiful!" "Just women want to preach at us!" "Just women who, as soon as we turn our backs, have it off with slaves quickly!" " Words of wisdom!" " Well said." "That's true!" "I was a slave and I did my first little games just with my mistresses." "Silence!" "Let me hear what's going on." "gods!" "The ceiling is going to collapse!" " An earthquake!" " Quick!" "Everyone for himself!" "It's an earthquake!" "And now, if you want to forgive me, there's a little gift for you in any alabaster little vase." " Away!" "Leave it!" " This is mine!" " I saw it first!" " Fuck off!" " And now, my dearest friends, ...let's kiss our dearly beloved Trimalchio's face." "Kiss him!" "Look how nice..." "Blast you!" "Is this a joke maybe?" "Don't be offended." "Try to take this thing with sense of humour." "What sense of humour!" "It's bad taste!" "Pure coarseness!" " No..." " I've heard you, fool!" "What do you have to criticise, ugly sleepyhead?" "You went amiss, you chose the wrong vase!" "So what?" "Look at your teacher, he's older than you, ...yet he doesn't find fault with it!" "What was in your vase?" " A jewel." "Who do these shitty intellectuals think they are?" "They think they can criticise us just because we're ignorant!" "And you?" "What are you?" "Jackals!" "Ready to eat your teacher's corpse for an inheritance!" "Well said, Trimalchio!" "We were born slaves, I know, but thanks to our good sense, ...we have created factories, increased commerce, ...made a fortune, I'm aware of that!" "But we feed people, build roads and boats sailing to the end of the earth!" "And you, who are you?" "Third-rate poets, brown rats!" "I'll make you disappear from earth with a piss!" "Why are you laughing, slut?" "Dirty gallows bird!" "Watch out!" "If we didn't have respect for Trimalchio, ...I'd have broken your teeth already!" " Why are you so angry with that girl?" " You, scullion, keep quiet!" "Do not try to fool me!" "I well know who you are and what you did!" "But remember: before this party's over, I'll make you pay dearly for it!" "Keep quiet, Seleucus, cut it out!" "You were young too and did all sort of things!" "Sit down!" "Let's forget everything and make a toast!" "Let's drink!" " Well said, Trimalchio!" " Long live Trimalchio!" "Giton?" "Where's Giton?" " She cleared off, right thing to do." "Where?" "Giton?" " Are you looking for your girl?" " Yes." "Have you seen her?" "I think she's over there." "Come." "Hey!" "Who's this bastard?" "I bequeath 300,000 sestertii to you, Seleucus, and 2,000 sheep as well because you're so good." " Thanks." "I'll bequeath the villa at Pompeii to my pooch Diana, along with slaves, ...servants and several attendants and furthermore a pack of dogs..." " Damn!" " a daily allowance of 100 sestertii, ...in order that it'll be given room and board." " What will you bequeath to me?" " To you, nothing." "What's going on?" "What is he saying?" "He's feeling ill, he's afraid he'll die, and he's now making his will." "I'll give freedom to all my 30,000 slaves..." " You're good, Trimalchio." "...because I was a slave too and didn't forget their humiliating condition." "Anyway..." "I'll give my precious clocks to you, Eumolpus the poet..." "Thank you." "...and six cargo ships with the crews and captains to your two disciples." "Asciltus!" "He's just bequeathed six ships to us!" " Where are the ships?" " I don't know." " You don't seem to be very satisfied, Eumolpus." " Be our donor always praised!" " Always praised!" "Long live him!" "Crawler!" "You're all crawlers!" "Crawlers!" " Long live Trimalchio!" "Ouch!" "I'm feeling ill!" "Quick!" "Ouch!" "Call a doctor!" " Here I am." " No, not you who suck!" "My private doctor!" " Here I am." "What's wrong with you?" "Ouch!" "How ill!" "I feel my life slipping away!" "Ouch!" "How ill!" " Come on, Trimalchio." "Why can't doctors help me?" "Sons of bitches!" "Hey!" "Wake up!" "Can't you see Trimalchio's dying?" "Oh, how ugly death is, ...I'll have to leave all my riches, goods and wealth to those swines of slaves," "...I won't be allowed to dine with my friends anymore, ouch!" "... ...or to taste exquisite food anymore, ...or to touch anymore" "That breast, my slaves' breasts..." "Let me touch once again..." "Let me touch..." "I'm feeling that my life's going away..." "Do something for me." "Ouch!" " In short, is he dying or not?" " He died." "He really died." " We're rich!" "Glory, glory!" "To Trimalchio!" "How many ships did you say he bequeathed us before dying?" "Six, I think, right?" " Dead?" "Don't delude yourself." "It's all just a show." " Just a show?" " So he is not dead?" " No..." "Every day he wakes up, eats, drinks, makes love, gets drunk and then dies, just like if every day were the last one of his life." "What about the will he made?" "Tomorrow he will tear it to pieces and start from scratch." "He's been going on like this for 12 years." "Days pass like lightning, you turn on the other side and night has already come." "You, Trimalchio, who used to move from bed to triclinium every day, ...tonight you've moved from triclinium to death bed!" "At Cuma I saw the immortal Sibyl hanging in a glass bottle." "I asked her:" ""What do you want?"" "And Sibyl answered:" ""I want to die"." "We'll burn your body now and extinguish the stake by the wine!" "The best Falernian wine from your vineyards!" "It is so good..." "First, we will cut one of your fingers... as the rule requires." "Farewell, my friend!" "Farewell!" " My Trimalchio!" " Why did he leave us?" "Everybody kiss your beloved Trimalchio now!" "In a row!" "Why?" "In a row." "Let's kiss our poor master..." "Come forward." "Slowly..." "One at a time!" "Slowly, slowly!" "Do not push!" "Hello." "Have you seen Asciltus by chance?" "I saw him getting out in a big hurry." "He must have gone back home." "What?" "Home?" "Why didn't he wait for me?" "Ah!" "This big son of a bitch!" "Yes, I love you..." "Get your money back, tramp!" "Ouch!" "Do not come here again, damned soldier!" "You're ruining my girls!" " The discretion." " Yes, my discretion!" "Since I was crying, he unsheathed his sword and said to me:" ""If you want to play Lucretia, you've found a Tarquinius right for you!"" "What's your reply?" "Dirty whoremonger!" "You who didn't respect even your own sister!" "Let's not wander from the point." "Giton is not my sister." "And so get it well in your head that Giton is mine!" "What does "mine" or "your" mean?" "We've been sharing everything as friends for so many years." "And I want what's due to me now!" "Even if I had to cut her in two by this sword, look!" "No, I don't want to see blood!" "If a murder is needed, here's my throat!" "It is I who have to die, because I've broken your friendship oath!" "I've found a way to put an end to this dispute." "Meaning what?" "You and I will go our separate ways." "Giton will follow whomever she wants." "Perfect!" "Let's give her the freedom of choice." "And we will go our separate ways forever." "Will you stay with him or come with me?" "Make up your mind." "Cry." "Let off steam." "I've escaped from justice and almost lost my life in the arena to be finally left in such loneliness!" "And for whom am I giving up hope?" "Not for a woman, but for a disguised boy!" "Cruel Priapus!" "How hard to deprive of pleasures a youth..." "Who?" "You, who shrink away from feminine beauty." "And Giton who's wandering..." "Listen carefully!" "Three dangerous people are hiding in this town, ...convicted of robberies and other crimes." "Their names are:" "Asciltus from Taranto, Encolpius from Cordoba, and Giton from Rome." "Come." "It's a humble house which a grocer from Capua gave me." "You'll find it a little messy, but you know, we poets..." "Are you sure that I'll be safe here?" "Yes, no worries at all!" "Come in, come in." "Look out for the goat!" "I'll change you completely and make you look like a slave of mine." "Nobody in the world will recognise you, not even your mother!" "Destiny hung a rope around your neck and you can neither untie nor break it." "Amongst all the bad luck I got, at least I was lucky to meet you, who are a good person." "Tell me, how will you support me, if you can't even get by yourself?" "Do not think about those trivial things." "What matters is our friendship, ...which has always been a pure and unconditioned feeling for us." "Only some superior creatures are capable of such feelings." "We will sell your nice hair on the market, won't we?" "So we will secure another dinner for ourselves." "Now I'll write the letter "F" on your forehead." "Why are you looking at me?" "Well...you were tossing and turning in your sleep..." "Sleep has something mysterious and magic..." " What are you looking for?" " Nothing!" "Nothing..." "At my age I'm left with nothing but watching." "Listen, I don't like to be watched." "Can you really be so selfish?" "She has betrayed you!" "Go and see!" "She has betrayed you!" "She goes to bed with another!" "Come, I know the future." "Do you need a gladiator?" "In effect, it's fatal that above our will..." "Listen darling..." "Not this evening, I'm invited to a dinner so I think it's most important to learn to die, leave the stage." "Maybe you find it useless to learn an art we'll only use once?" "But that's exactly why, even in the happy moments, ...we must stand back and meditate on death." "There's a lady watching you." "Can't you see that she could be my mother?" "Yes, but she's covered in jewels..." "Who's convincing us to condemn life?" "Can't you see how life is condemned for trivial reasons?" "There's someone who hangs himself in front of his lover's door, ...another who throws himself from a roof not to have to suffer his master's anger," "Are you acting so superior because you think you're irresistible?" "Yet here you're clearly showing yourself to offer your favours, ...otherwise how can you explain your nice hair, ...your eyebrows so long, and your eyes so languid?" "In short, may I know what you want from me?" "If all your beauties are for sale, I know the one who's willing to buy." "Who has sent you?" "My mistress, who comes from a very noble family and is willing to pay 500 sestertii for you." "Thanks!" "I'm not interested in this!" "I can't see the sense in that." "A young man of your age..." "But, really!" "Did you bring me here to study philosophy, ...or to let me sell myself?" "Well, it wouldn't be the first time it happens to you." "You've slapped your master!" "A poet!" "A poor old man with no means of support!" "Do you know you're a slave and I can have you hanged?" "!" "Dirty old man!" "Now you're also starting to blackmail!" "Well said!" "You've finally got it!" "So go and try not to disappoint that lady!" "If you still can." "Come." "You're a fugitive, aren't you?" "Here." "I wouldn't like to take them but I'm forced to do it." "I'm a woman who has only this year experienced love." "Deign to hold me in your arms and accept my inexperienced kisses..." "What's wrong with you?" "You're a bit cold..." "I don't know, I'm not feeling well." "Perhaps I'm ill." "Give him something to drink." "Let's see if he'll get warm." "What's wrong with you, my handsome paralytic?" "Will we play a domino game?" "Stop making a fool of me!" "I'll show you who I am!" "What's wrong with you?" "Don't you like my kisses?" "Isn't my breath perfumed enough?" "Have I made some mistakes?" "There's something wrong?" "Madam, do not offend me, I'm affected by a horrible sorcery, ...a curse, alas!" "I committed some act of sacrilege and the god Priapus has punished me." "Which excuses are you fabricating?" "Worm, liar, you're a dog, I need a whip!" "Worm!" "Sacrilegious!" "Idiot!" "Crook!" "Worm!" "Sacrilegious!" "Impotent!" "Priapus, why are you so cruel with me?" "If you let me become virile again, I'll give you a chicken, ...a goat, a pig..." " Don't go too far!" "...a whole calf, whatever you want..." "Look, if you're willing to offer a little goat or a nice fat cock, as you said, come!" "We saved a lot of unlucky people like you!" "Where are you taking me?" " Antonia!" " Antonia the Greek?" "Antonia!" "There's a customer!" "Here's a walnut." "Oh, you poor thing!" "It has sunk." "You poor thing!" "You'll remain impotent all life long!" "I beg you!" "Do something!" "I'm ready to undergo any torture!" "You have to forget your little friend or it'll be pointless..." "I'll make you get him out of your head!" "What are you doing?" "Ouch!" " Take this!" "Swine!" "Lecher!" "Sleaze!" "Pig!" "Take this!" "The more you think about him, the more I beat you!" " Are you still thinking about him?" " Stop!" "I no longer think about him!" "Did you remove the lizard?" "Do not drink too much." "Blood has to flow, I don't want to see dead things." "Away!" "Blood has to flow, a massage with nettles is always good." "Go, let the blood run, by Jove." "It has to run, run, run!" "I don't want dead things." "Give me a poison, I want to die!" "And where will you find another priestess like this?" "Keep calm, relax!" "Asciltus..." "Asciltus!" "It's me!" "I'm Encolpius!" "Asciltus, do you recognise me?" "Asciltus, I'm your friend!" "Giton!" "Eumolpus!" "Where have you been?" "I've been looking for you for three days." " They killed Asciltus!" " I know." "Don't get upset." "Death's looming over all of us and we must accept it as a natural event." "But I'm thinking about Giton, you know." "They must have taken her too..." " Don't despair, because Giton was able to get away." " Where is she?" "I've cut her hair, so nobody will recognise her." "Turn, Giton." "Show your face." "She looks like a boy, doesn't she?" "When beauty is pure, it has no sex." "Go on, make peace." "I left you, but it's not my fault." "He was the strongest one then." "I worried for you." "Let's not talk about it anymore." "Now that Asciltus is dead, our lives are in danger too." "We must run away from this damned town right now." "But that's exactly what we're going to do." " May we?" " Come in, sailors." " Where are the suitcases?" " Here and over there." " I'll take these." " No, not this!" " Where are we going?" " We will embark on a ship of a very rich friend of mine, who is going South for a pleasure trip." "I'll say that Giton is my little nephew and let him sleep in my cabin." " And me?" " As usual, you're a slave, ...and will sleep in the hold, along with the servants." " Come on, step aside!" " Do not push." "Hey, you!" "Come and help me!" " Me?" " Yes, you, get up!" "Come on, follow me." "It is the harshness of the gods:" "First they give us all the joys together and then they take them from us, one by one." "Thanks, my dear." "Anyway, I never liked Apollo..." "Hey, you!" "Stop!" "Catch him!" "As you can see, my dear friends, a bastard has sneaked aboard my ship." "But luckily we have caught him!" "And now I'll punish him as fairly as he deserves!" "No!" "Not in front of everybody!" "I prefer to die!" "Get him undressed and tie him to a pole!" "No, Lycas!" "This youngster is not a stowaway, I swear!" "He got on board with me, and is one of my slaves, as he's marked." "If he were a slave, he'd have been branded!" "See?" "I've already caught this rogue on my ship once!" "He even dared to rape my wife!" " Your wife?" " That's not true!" "She raped me!" " What stories you tell, cheat!" "You've been caught again, haven't you?" "What were you hoping for?" "Slipping into my bed, and jumping on me as you did then, right?" "Shut up, ugly snake!" "Dirty slut!" "How do you dare to talk about my wife in such way?" "!" "Her honour will be avenged by your blood!" "No!" "Halt, Lycas, stop playing the fool!" "You know how little I care about my honour." "Although my tutors tried hard to convince me that love is a sin, ...they never drummed that into my head." "Tryphaena is right, why should love have to be concealed like a thief or punished like a crime?" "Instead of being offered generously like an item for sale, ...so that everybody can enjoy it." "Feel how sweet and warm this breeze is, how calm the sea..." "Go on, let's go back to our joyful play." "Don't ruin my homecoming because of pointless dramas." "So, my friends, this means that we will have one less slave and one more attractive guest." " Thank you, sir." "Thank you." "Such moments of perfect balance are so rare." "Excuse me, lady, I've got to go." "I've had a flash of inspiration, I must write." "Must write." " Do not lose your heads!" " Everybody go up to the deck!" " This way!" " I don't want to die!" "Neptune, save us!" "Giton!" "Where are you going?" "Wait!" " I don't want to die!" " Help!" "Eumolpus!" "Come!" "Away!" "Do not disturb me when I'm writing!" " The ship is sinking!" " I don't give a damn about it!" "The sky opened up onto a forest of lightning and the rain broke in lashing clouds, like crazed seagulls, run away into those spaces..." "Tryphaena!" "...the fire of thunders..." " I don't want to die!" "Oh, abysses of sky, abysses of sea and earth!" "Tryphaena!" "Where are you?" "I'm not afraid of you, gods!" "I'm not afraid of any of you!" "Giton!" "Where are you?" "Giton!" " Encolpius!" "Hold me close!" "Let's hold each other tight..." "I'm scared!" "...we'll stay together till the end!" "My love!" "Drink." " I've already drunk." " Drink once again." "Do you like my slave?" " Yes..." "Isn't she pretty?" "...Life's a harsh destiny." "What is it?" "Satirium once again!" "I simply don't remember if I've ever been a virgin..." "Tell me, doesn't you husband object to all these little treats?" "No, I don't!" "I no longer like or want any woman in my life!" "Where are you running away?" "Rotten impotent dissolute!" "Spineless!" "Where are you going?" "...to talk about these, these men, who display the most uncontrolled and wild vanity in their riches, only dazed by the lustful music coming from these temples of vice!" "And about women, who have no shame in showing themselves while having sex under the eyes of public and of this city of Baia which is corrupt, ...and where lust lives like a triumphant beast," "...this new Sodom, this Babylon, this Sybaris where everyone is only devoted to the worship of the senses and money!" "But the smell of decay is already coming out of your pleasures!" "Because the gods' wrath is getting ready!" "The flowery ships will sink!" "And the lustful music will be over!" " He really acts on impulses." " A healthy man, with no false modesty." "He's a real Epicurean." "What the hell are you doing?" "Dirty disgusting pig!" "Motherfucker!" "Filthy worm!" "Shameless!" "You, go away!" "Ugly sneak!" "She was the most beautiful slave in Baia, slender like a cane..." "Now she has ballooned like a frog." "Of course!" "If you eat and drink like a sow, you will blow up one day!" "And I'll help you to get him out of your head!" " What are you doing?" "Ouch!" " Take this!" "Lecher!" "Take this!" "Still thinking about your friend?" " Yes, I am!" "So take this!" "Swine!" "Lecher!" "Sleaze!" "Pig!" "Take this!" "The more you think about him, the more I'll beat you!" "Still thinking about him?" " Stop!" "I no longer think about him!" "Such moments of perfect balance are so rare."