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Introduction
No full textApuleius and Africa
The Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass of Apuleius (ca. 170 CE ) is a Latin
novel written by a native of Madauros in Roman North Africa, a region
roughly equal to modern Tunisia together with parts of Libya and Algeria.
Apuleius’ novel is based on the model of a lost Greek novel; it narrates the
adventures of a Greek character with a Roman name who spends the bulk
of the novel transformed into an animal, traveling from Greece to Rome
only to end his adventures in the capital city of the empire as a priest of the
Egyptian goddess Isis. Apuleius’ Florida and Apology deal more explicitly
with the African provenance and character of their author while also dem-
onstrating his complex interaction with Greek, Roman, and local cultures.
Apuleius’ philosophical works raise other questions about Greek versus
African and Roman cultural identity.
Apuleius and Africa addresses the problem of this intricate complex of
different identities and its connection to Apuleius’ literary production. It
especially emphasizes Apuleius’ African heritage, which has for the most
part been downplayed or even deplored by previous scholarship. The con-
tributors include philologists, historians, and experts in material culture;
among them are some of the most respected scholars in their fi elds. The
chapters give due attention to all elements of Apuleius’ oeuvre and break
new ground both on the interpretation of Apuleius’ literary production and
on the culture of the Roman Empire in the second century
Apuleius, the Onos, and Rome
No full textThis paper compares the evocations of Rome and Roman imperial power in the Onos and Apuleius\u27 Metamorphoses, arguing that Apuleius reproduces and intensifies his source\u27s negative view of Roman power in the provinces, though "pseudo-Lucian" is writing from Roman Greece and Apuleius from Roman North Africa. The endings diverge, however, with Lukios re-joining the Romanized elite of Patras and Lucius assimilating uncomfortably to life in Rome. Despite his success as an advocate in the Roman courts, the culturally hybrid Lucius describes himself as speaking anomalous Latin and feeling most comfortable in a foreign cult.Ellen Finkelpearl is Helen Garland Professor of Classics at Scripps College, Claremont. She has published widely on Apuleius and is author of Metamorphosis of Language in Apuleius: a study of allusion in the novel (Michigan 1998) and co-author with Carl Schlam of A Survey of Scholarship on Apuleius\u27 Metamorphoses 1971-1998 (Lustrum 42, 2000)
Apuleius and Africa
No full textThe Metamorphoses or Golden Ass of Apuleius (ca. 170 CE) is a Latin novel written by a native of Madauros in Roman North Africa, roughly equal to modern Tunisia together with parts of Libya and Algeria. Apuleius’ novel is based on the model of a lost Greek novel; it narrates the adventures of a Greek character with a Roman name who spends the bulk of the novel transformed into an animal, traveling from Greece to Rome only to end his adventures in the capital city of the empire as a priest of the Egyptian goddess Isis. Apuleius’ Florida and Apology deal more explicitly with the African provenance and character of their author while also demonstrating his complex interaction with Greek, Roman, and local cultures. Apuleius’ philosophical works raise other questions about Greek vs. African and Roman cultural identity.
Apuleius in Africa addresses the problem of this intricate complex of different identities and its connection to Apuleius’ literary production. It especially emphasizes Apuleius’ African heritage, a heritage that has for the most part been either downplayed or even deplored by previous scholarship. The contributors include philologists, historians, and experts in material culture; among them are some of the most respected scholars in their fields. The chapters give due attention to all elements of Apuleius’ oeuvre, and break new ground both on the interpretation of Apuleius’ literary production and on the culture of the Roman Empire in the second century. The volume also includes a modern, sub-Saharan contribution in which "Africa" mainly means Mediterranean Africa
The negotiation of provincial identity throught literature: Apuleius and Vergil
No full textThe Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass of Apuleius (ca. 170 CE ) is a Latin
novel written by a native of Madauros in Roman North Africa, a region
roughly equal to modern Tunisia together with parts of Libya and Algeria.
Apuleius’ novel is based on the model of a lost Greek novel; it narrates the
adventures of a Greek character with a Roman name who spends the bulk
of the novel transformed into an animal, traveling from Greece to Rome
only to end his adventures in the capital city of the empire as a priest of the
Egyptian goddess Isis. Apuleius’ Florida and Apology deal more explicitly
with the African provenance and character of their author while also dem-
onstrating his complex interaction with Greek, Roman, and local cultures.
Apuleius’ philosophical works raise other questions about Greek versus
African and Roman cultural identity.
Apuleius and Africa addresses the problem of this intricate complex of
different identities and its connection to Apuleius’ literary production. It
especially emphasizes Apuleius’ African heritage, which has for the most
part been downplayed or even deplored by previous scholarship. The con-
tributors include philologists, historians, and experts in material culture;
among them are some of the most respected scholars in their fi elds. The
chapters give due attention to all elements of Apuleius’ oeuvre and break
new ground both on the interpretation of Apuleius’ literary production and
on the culture of the Roman Empire in the second century
Apuleius and Africa
No full textBenjamin Todd Lee, Ellen Finkelpearl, Luca Graverini (eds.) Routledge monographs in classical studies, 18. New York; London: Routledge, 2014. xvi, 344 p. ISBN 9780415533096 Compte Rendu par Vincent Hunick: http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2015/2015-04-04.htm
M. ZIMMERMAN, Apuleius Madaurensis Metamorphoses, Book X. Text, Introduction and Commentary
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R.R NAUTA (ed.): Desultoria Scientia. Genre in Apuleius\u27 Metamorphoses and Related Texts
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