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Quartilla is a character in the ''
Satyricon The ''Satyricon'', ''Satyricon'' ''liber'' (''The Book of Satyrlike Adventures''), or ''Satyrica'', is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as Titus Petr ...
'' which is said to be the "first picaresque" novel in Latin although it is not completely extant. This story was written by
Petronius Arbiter Gaius Petronius Arbiter"Gaius Petronius Arbiter"
Priapus and she and her maids are involved with seducing and torturing three of the characters, Encolpius, Ascyltum, and Giton. She has been the subject of artistic and academic study. It has been proposed that she represents Octavia and her name is a pun like reference for the reader.


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* {{cite web , first=Dennis P. , last=Quinn , url=http://www.arespress.com/AresPages/Quart.html , title=Quartilla's Cure , year=1997 , website=AresPress.com , access-date=2017-06-28 , archive-date=2016-03-04 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044601/http://www.arespress.com/AresPages/Quart.html , url-status=dead Fictional ancient Romans Satyricon