Love & Relationships: General Knowledge

• who was petronius

  A roman courtier during the reign of Nero
• petronius’ relationship to Nero

  fashion advisor
• what did petronius devote himself to

  a life of pleasure
• what is petronius believed to be the author of

  the Satyricon
• who was lesbia

  catullus’ lover
• where was Cyrene

  a city & capital of a roman province
• what was silphium

  A plant that was an aphrodisiac & perfume
• what was an oracle

  holy place where a priest prophesies the future of people who visit
• who was battus

  legendary founder of Cyrene
• how old was narcissus in the story

  16
• what links the stories in metamorphoses

  theme of transformation
• who was echo

  mountain nymph
• who was narcissus

  son of river-nymph Liriope & river-god Cephisus