The Satyricon is a
satire written in the first century CE by
Petronius. Petronius pokes fun at the
excesses of the upper class ala
Oscar Wilde, and his
jests are sometimes downright
hysterical.
Consider the following
excerpt from a conversation about the late Chrysanthus (translated from the Latin by William Arrowsmith):
"And you know how old he was when he died? Seventy and then some. But he carried it beautifully, hard as nails and his hair as
black as a
crow. I knew him for ages, and he was
horny, right to the end. By god, I'll bet he even pestered the
dog. Boys were what he really liked, but he wasn't choosy: he'd
jump anything with
legs. I don't blame him a bit, you understand. He won't have any
fun where he's gone now."