Apuleius Madaurensis Metamorphoses, Book I: Text, Introduction and Commentary - Hardcover

Keulen, W H

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 906980154X ISBN 13: 9789069801544

Publisher: Brill, 2012

Synopsis

Using a transdisciplinary approach for a thorough assessment of the much-debated religious ending of the "Metamorphoses," this new and detailed commentary on Apuleius' Isis book will elucidate the narrative in its literary, religious, archaeological and cultural context.

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About the Author

Wytse Keulen currently teaches Latin at the University of Rostock. His commentary on Apuleius Metamorphoses Book I (Groningen Commentaries on Apuleius) appeared in 2007. He also published a monograph on Aulus Gellius ("Gellius the Satirist: Roman Cultural Authority in Attic Nights," Leiden: Brill 2009). Ulrike Egelhaaf-Gaiser is professor of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Gottingen. She presented a monograph on Apuleius' Isis Book (2000). A monograph on literary forms and functions of the Roman convivium from Cicero to Athenaios is forthcoming."

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 906980154X
• ISBN 13: 9789069801544
• Binding: Leather Bound
• Number of pages: 578