How long does it take to read Satyricon?
Petronius, Vittorio de Simone
Satyricon by Petronius, Vittorio de Simone takes about 4 hours 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 19 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1575. 235 pages, about 64,625 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 42 minutes |
The page count is the median across 313 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An incomplete Roman novel believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius Arbiter. What remains of the novel is a picaresque story concerning the narrator’s battle to keep his lover, a handsome sixteen year old boy, away from his many rivals.
Subjects: Latin Satire, Fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Rome, fiction, Bisexual men, Humor
