Apuleius and Antonine Rome
Historical Essays
1st Edition
Published on 31. January 2013
408 pages
978-1-4426-8838-4 (ISBN)
Description
Apuleius and Antonine Rome features outstanding scholarship by Keith Bradley on the Latin author Apuleius of Madauros and on the second-century Roman world in which Apuleius lived. Bradley discusses Apuleius' work in the context of social relations (especially the family and household), religiosity in all its diversity and complexity, and cultural interactions between the imperial centre and the provincial periphery.
These essays examine the Apology, the speech Apuleius made when he defended himself on the criminal charge of having enticed a wealthy widow to marry him through magical means; the fragments of his speeches known as the Florida; and the remarkable serio-comic novel Metamorphoses (better known as The Golden Ass). Altogether, Apuleius and Antonine Rome effectively illustrates how socio-cultural history can be recovered from works of literature.
These essays examine the Apology, the speech Apuleius made when he defended himself on the criminal charge of having enticed a wealthy widow to marry him through magical means; the fragments of his speeches known as the Florida; and the remarkable serio-comic novel Metamorphoses (better known as The Golden Ass). Altogether, Apuleius and Antonine Rome effectively illustrates how socio-cultural history can be recovered from works of literature.
Reviews / Votes
'This is a great book by a major Roman social historian that vastly enriches a reading of Apuleius...One of the great joys of this book is Bradley's masterful ability to evoke the sights, sounds, colours, and striking cultural mixtures that constituted this complex world, pieced together with deceptive ease.' - Ellen Finkelpearl (Phoenix vol 67:1-2:2013)More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
10 s/w Abbildungen
10 b&w illustrations
File size
2,71 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-8838-4 (9781442688384)
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Person
Keith Bradley is the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and an adjunct professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
[List of Figures]
1. Law, magic and culture in Apuleius' Apology
2. Contending with conversion: reflections on the re-formation of Lucius the Ass
3. Romanitas and the Roman family: the evidence of Apuleius' Apology
4. Animalising the slave: the truth of fiction
5. Fictive families: family and household in Apuleius' Metamorphoses
6. Sacrificing the family: Christian martyrs and their kin
7. Apuleius and Carthage
8. Appearing for the defence: Apuleius on display
9. Apuleius and the sub-Saharan slave trade
10. Apuleius and Jesus
11. Lucius and Isis: history in Apuleius' Metamorphoses
12. Apuleius and adultery in the age of the Antonines
Appendix
Bibliographical References
Index
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
[List of Figures]
1. Law, magic and culture in Apuleius' Apology
2. Contending with conversion: reflections on the re-formation of Lucius the Ass
3. Romanitas and the Roman family: the evidence of Apuleius' Apology
4. Animalising the slave: the truth of fiction
5. Fictive families: family and household in Apuleius' Metamorphoses
6. Sacrificing the family: Christian martyrs and their kin
7. Apuleius and Carthage
8. Appearing for the defence: Apuleius on display
9. Apuleius and the sub-Saharan slave trade
10. Apuleius and Jesus
11. Lucius and Isis: history in Apuleius' Metamorphoses
12. Apuleius and adultery in the age of the Antonines
Appendix
Bibliographical References
Index
