Abstract
At the end of chapter 118, Eumolpus apologizes for possible flaws in his impetus, given that he has not yet been able to finish off his poem: tamquam, si placet, hic impetus, etiam si nondum recepit ultimam manum. The purpose of this paper is to analyze two fundamental aspects of this statement, namely the history of this impetus (as it gets realized) in the Satyricon (especially in relation to chapter 115) and its ‘allusiveness’, which leads us to relate this work to Ovid’s exile poetry, particularly the Tristia.
