Trimalchio, The Frog–King (Sat. 77.6)

At the end of the autobiographical monologue that concludes the Banquet of Trimalchio episode, the host sums up his rags to riches story with a curious metaphor: qui fuit rana nunc est rex (Petr. 77.6). This note explores the implications of Trimalchio’s boast against the background of the Aesopic t...

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spelling I26-R133-article-153402026-06-09T13:36:53Z Trimalchio, The Frog–King (Sat. 77.6) Bodel, John Petronius Trimalchio fable frogs kings At the end of the autobiographical monologue that concludes the Banquet of Trimalchio episode, the host sums up his rags to riches story with a curious metaphor: qui fuit rana nunc est rex (Petr. 77.6). This note explores the implications of Trimalchio’s boast against the background of the Aesopic tradition of animal fable, a literary form appropriately associated with ex–slaves, in which frogs who leave their environment and attempt to become what they are not suffer fatal consequences. Intertextual relationships with relevant passages of Horace, Phaedrus, Ovid, Martial, Plato, Artemidorus, and the Life of Aesop illuminate the metaphorical realm in which Trimalchio’s optimistic claim of personal metamorphosis stands out starkly against a darker Aesopic background of self–destruction brought on by overweening ambition and a social universe in which ex–slaves remain confined to their own world. Al final del monólogo autobiográfico que cierra el episodio del Banquete de Trimalción, el anfitrión resume su historia de ascenso de la miseria a la riqueza con una curiosa metáfora: qui fuit rana nunc est rex (Petr. 77.6). Esta nota explora las implicaciones de la jactancia de Trimalción a la luz del trasfondo de la tradición esópica de la fábula animal, una forma literaria asociada de manera apropiada con los exesclavos, en la cual las ranas que abandonan su entorno e intentan convertirse en lo que no son sufren consecuencias fatales. Las relaciones intertextuales con pasajes pertinentes de Horacio, Fedro, Ovidio, Marcial, Platón, Artemidoro y la Vida de Esopo iluminan el ámbito metafórico en el que la afirmación optimista de Trimalción sobre su metamorfosis personal se destaca con fuerza frente a un trasfondo esópico más oscuro de autodestrucción provocada por una ambición desmedida y por un universo social en el que los exesclavos permanecen confinados a su propio mundo. Ediciones UNL 2026-05-28 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/epub+zip https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/index/article/view/15340 10.14409/op.2026.4.e0036 Ordia Prima; Vol. 4 (2026): Ordia Prima; e0036 3008-8380 1666-7743 10.14409/op.2026.4 es en https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/index/article/view/15340/21426 https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/index/article/view/15340/21427 Derechos de autor 2026 John Bodel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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frogs
kings
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Trimalchio
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Trimalchio, The Frog–King (Sat. 77.6)
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description At the end of the autobiographical monologue that concludes the Banquet of Trimalchio episode, the host sums up his rags to riches story with a curious metaphor: qui fuit rana nunc est rex (Petr. 77.6). This note explores the implications of Trimalchio’s boast against the background of the Aesopic tradition of animal fable, a literary form appropriately associated with ex–slaves, in which frogs who leave their environment and attempt to become what they are not suffer fatal consequences. Intertextual relationships with relevant passages of Horace, Phaedrus, Ovid, Martial, Plato, Artemidorus, and the Life of Aesop illuminate the metaphorical realm in which Trimalchio’s optimistic claim of personal metamorphosis stands out starkly against a darker Aesopic background of self–destruction brought on by overweening ambition and a social universe in which ex–slaves remain confined to their own world.
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