Description
Apuleius' Golden Ass and the Lucianic Loukios, or the Ass depend on and play with readers' familiarity with the clear patterns of Greek and Roman stories of metamorphosis. The formulaic nature of these stories suggests that the appearance of a god at the end of the Golden Ass is unsurprising and that the end of the Loukios is more innovative. This context also sheds new light on the function of the Cupid and Psyche story, the meaning of these works' titles, and the lost Metamorphoseis on which they are both based and of which the Golden Ass is a translation.
About the Author
K.F.B. Fletcher, Ph.D. (2005), University of Michigan, is Associate Professor of Classics at Louisiana State University and the author of Finding Italy: Travel, Nation, and Colonization in Vergil's Aeneid and co-editor of Classical Antiquity in Heavy Metal Music.
Book Information
ISBN 9789004537163
Author Kristopher F.B. Fletcher
Format Hardback
Page Count 238
Imprint Brill
Publisher Brill
Weight(grams) 541g
About the Author
K.F.B. Fletcher, Ph.D. (2005), University of Michigan, is Associate Professor of Classics at Louisiana State University and the author of Finding Italy: Travel, Nation, and Colonization in Vergil's Aeneid and co-editor of Classical Antiquity in Heavy Metal Music.
Book Information
ISBN 9789004537163
Author Kristopher F.B. Fletcher
Format Hardback
Page Count 238
Imprint Brill
Publisher Brill
Weight(grams) 541g
