"'The Satyricon' of Petronius and the 'Metamorphoses' (or 'The Golden Ass') of Apuleius are the only novels written at Rome before AD 200 to have survived. The genre is the comic romance, the literature of relaxation in the ancient world. This study defines the genre and sets it…
After more than three decades since the publication of Gwyn GriffithsÂ’ 1975 commentary, which concentrated mainly on Egyptological aspects and represents an outdated, positivistic approach to the literary evidence on Isis, this new commentary presents a new and thorough assessm…
After more than three decades since the publication of Gwyn Griffiths' 1975 commentary, which concentrated mainly on Egyptological aspects and represents an outdated, positivistic approach to the literary evidence on Isis, this new commentary presents a new and thorough assessme…
"The second-century CE novel The Golden Ass, or Metamorphoses, has proven to be both captivating and highly entertaining to the modern reader, but the text also presents the critic with a vast array of interpretive possibilities. In fact, there is little consensus among scholars…
This anthology of articles on the Roman novels of Petronius and Apuleius makes available some of the most useful and important articles published in German and Italian as well as English over the last thirty years. The introduction, by the editor, provides a general assessment o…
"This anthology presents a new selection from the most significant articles on the Roman novels of Apuleius and Petronius that have been published, in German and Italian as well as English, over the last thirty years. The introduction by Stephen Harrison provides a general asses…
Metamorphoses
by Apuleius, Keulen, W.H., (Wytse Hette)
fromGroningen commentaries on Apuleius