Apuleius: A Latin Sophist

by S.J. Harrison and Stephen J. Harrison

This book is a response to the literary pleasures and scholarly problems of reading the texts of Apuleius, most famous for his novel Metamorphoses or Golden Ass. Living in second-century North Africa, Apuleius was more than an author of fiction; he was a consummate orator and professional intellectual, Platonist philosopher, extraordinary stylist, relentless self-promoter, and versatile author of a remarkably diverse body of work, much of which is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199271380
• ISBN13: 9780199271382
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"