The Greek World of Apuleius

Apuleius and the Second Sophistic
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-04-10821-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 174, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 649 g

Reihe: Mnemosyne, Supplements

The first three chapters of this book elucidate the scholastic goals of both classical cultures during the Roman Imperial period. Apuleius' works share the stage in these chapters with representatives of the second-century Greek cultural paradigm. They define patterns of discourse and fit selected examples of analogous Apuleian strategies into the broader cultural framework.
Subsequent chapters focus closely on the complete Apuleian corpus under the general headings of Apuleius in the roles of orator, philosopher and novelist.
Two of Apuleius' philosophical works and his novel the Golden Ass provide an unparalleled opportunity to analyze the methods of translation and adaptation employed by the major Latin writer of the second half of the second century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sandy, Gerald

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Gerald Sandy, Ph.D. (1968) in Classics, is Professor of Classics at the University of British Columbia. He has published extensively on Catullus, the Greek and Roman novelists, the heritage of the ancient novel in Britain and France and French Hellenism in the sixteenth century. His most recent publications include chapters in books on the ancient novel published by Brill and Routledge.