SOURCE: "Some Observations on the Narrative Technique of Petronius," The Phoenix, Vol. XXVII, No. 1, Spring, 1973, pp. 42-61.
In the following essay, Beck attempts to reconcile discrepancies in the character of Encolpius by considering him as two separate persons: the narrator and the subject of the narration.
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