| Description |
1 online resource (568 pages) |
| Series |
Oxford Classical Monographs |
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Oxford classical monographs.
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| Contents |
Abbreviations; Introduction; Note on Texts; Epilogue; Appendix; Bibliography; Index Manuscriptorum; Index Locorum; Index verborum Apuleianorum; Index nominum et rerum |
| Summary |
The Protean Ass provides the most comprehensive account (in any language) of the reception of The Golden Ass (or Metamorphoses) of Apuleius, the only work of Latin prose fiction worthy of the name of 'novel' to survive intact from the ancient world. Apuleius' second-century account of the curious young man who is changed into a donkey following an affair with a witch's slave-girl, and undergoes a series of adventures (involving robbery, adultery, buggery, and bestiality) before a divine vision transforms him into a disciple of the goddess Isis, has delighted, perplexed, and inspired readers as |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Apuleius. Metamorphoses.
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Apuleius -- Appreciation
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| SUBJECT |
Apuleius fast |
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Metamorphoses (Apuleius) fast |
| Subject |
Mythology, Classical, in literature.
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Metamorphosis in literature.
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Art appreciation
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Metamorphosis in literature
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Mythology, Classical, in literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191527234 |
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0191527238 |
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9780191712357 |
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0191712353 |
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9780199217861 |
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0199217866 |
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