In the canon
The Apocolocyntosis
Petronius and Seneca
- Form
- Form Satire
- Year
- Year 54 CE
- Originally in
- Originally in Latin
- Pages
- Pages 200
Claudius dies with a noise rather than a sentence, his final words in this telling an apology for having fouled himself, and the very next thing required of him is to present himself at the door of heaven. The gods convene like a bored senate to decide whether the stammering, limping, head shaking creature outside can be admitted, and Augustus,who has never once spoken in that assembly, rises to say no.
One must be born either a Pharaoh or a fool.
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