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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. (-5[1])One of these events overseen by Virro is the subject of Juvenal’s fifth Satire. A quote from one of these events is the source of the epigraph (10[1])to The Waste Land, in which the Sibyl of Cumae (10[1])says, (10[1])“I want to die.” Attendees of one of these events swap stories about werewolves (10[1])and witches, while slaves bring (-5[1])out objects resembling Zodiac signs. That one of these events is attended by the narrator (-5[1])Encolpius. For 10 points, the Satyricon features what sort of event hosted by Trimalchio? (10[2])■END■ (10[3]0[3])

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