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A poem set during one of these events compares the addressee to a monkey throwing a javelin from the back of a goat, and ends by claiming that enduring poor treatment during these events is akin to “not flinching from the whip.” A discussion of bathing habits at one of these events turns into an exhaustive recollection of the life of Chrysanthus. One of these events overseen by Virro (10[1])is the subject of Juvenal’s fifth Satire. A quote from one of these events is the source of the epigraph to The Waste (10[1])Land, in which the Sibyl of Cumae says, “I want to die.” Attendees of one of these events swap stories about werewolves and witches, while slaves bring out objects resembling Zodiac (10[1])signs. That one of these events is attended by the narrator Encolpius. For 10 points, the Satyricon features what sort of event hosted by Trimalchio? (10[1])■END■

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