At Gaius Trimalchio's banquet, a spine-tingling story unfolds Terrifying creatures stalked the dead of night in ancient Rome, as a man named Niceros has learned all too well. A guest at a lavish dinner party thrown by the fabulously wealthy Gaius Trimalchio, Niceros reveals a hair-raising encounter from his past: the time he met a dreaded werewolf!
A story from ancient Roman literature, based on Petronius' novel Satyricon (mid-1st century AD; 61-62)
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CREDITS
Video footage from Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Ubisoft, 2018)
Music by Kevin MacLeod
Thumbnail Images:
Bronze head of a wolf (Roman, 1st century AD)
Background scene from Openverse and Storyblocks
Logo Materials:
Image: Kylix with Apollo playing the lyre and pouring a libation: c. 470 BC, Delphi Archeological Museum (commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...)
Video: Coast of Santorini, Greece (www.videvo.net/video/greece-s...)
Font: Monograms Toolbox (Manfred Klein; www.dafont.com/monograms-tool...)
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12 июл 2022