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Apuleius

Also known as Lucius Apuleius

Apuleius ( ), also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis (c. 124 – after 170), was a Numidian Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician. He was born in the Roman province of Numidia, in the Berber city of Madauros, modern-day M'Daourouch, Algeria. He studied Platonism in Athens, travelled to Italy, Asia Minor, and Egypt, and was an initiate in several cults or mysteries. The most famous incident in his life was when he was accused of using magic to gain the attentions (and fortune) of a wealthy widow. He declaimed his own defense before the proconsul and a court of magist

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Apuleius was a male writer, philosopher, novelist, and poet from the Roman Empire. He was a citizen of Ancient Rome and belonged to the Appuleia gens. His primary languages were Latin, and he worked in the fields of philosophy and rhetoric. He is associated with the Middle Platonism movement.

He was born in Madauros and died in Roman Carthage in the year 170. His notable work is The Golden Ass. Other works include Opera quae supersunt, Fabulæ divales, and Lucii Apulei Metamorphoseon libri XI. He is distinct from Pseudo-Apuleius. His works are held in collections such as the National Gallery of Victoria. He is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 29

Top works

Opera quae supersunt
Fabulæ divales, ex narratione Anglica
Min en Magie
Lucii Apulei Metamorphoseon libri XI
L. Apvlegio

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Film & TV

Writing

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 66
Total plays: 570

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

The Isis-Book (Metamorphoses, Book XI)
· 1975 · cited 53x
Metamorphoses
· 1989 · cited 19x
Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England : Being a collection of documents, for the most part never before printed, illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman conquest /
· 1864 · cited 12x
De Deo Socratis
· 2017 · cited 5x
Metamorphosen oder der Goldene Esel
· 1970 · cited 2x

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Quotes

“Parit enim conversatio contemptum; raritas conciliat admirationem.”
“Ad vivendum velut ad natandum is melior qui onere liberior.”
“Sanus est, qui scit quid sit insania, quippe insania scire se non potest, non magis quam caecitas se videre.”
“En adsum tuis commota, Luci, precibus, rerum naturae parens, elementorum omnium domina, saeculorum progenies initialis, summa numinum, regina manium, prima caelitum, deorum dearumque facies uniformis, quae caeli luminosa culmina, maris salubria flamina, inferum deplorata silentia nutibus meis dispenso: cuius numen unicum multiformi specie, ritu vario, nomine multiiugo totus veneratus orbis.”
“Nam cum coeperis deae servire, tunc magis senties fructum tuae libertatis.”
“Accessi confinium mortis et calcato Proserpinae limine per omnia vectus elementa remeavi, nocte media vidi solem candido coruscantem lumine, deos inferos et deos superos accessi coram et adoravi de proximo.”

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Key facts

Philosopher.name: Apuleius
Philosopher.image: Apuleuis.jpg
Philosopher.caption: Late antique ceiling painting , possibly of Apuleius but also possibly of Lactantius
Philosopher.notable_works: The Golden Ass
Philosopher.birth_place: Madaurus, Numidia
Philosopher.occupation: Novelist, writer, public speaker
Philosopher.school_tradition: Middle Platonism

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Apuleius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Lucii Apuleii platonici madaurensis philosophi metamorphoseos liber: ac nonnulla alia opuscula eiusdem: necnon epitoma Alcinoi in disciplinarum Platonis ...

Parma, Palatine Library, Parmense, Ms. Parm. 196

Apuleius

Commentarij a Philippo Beroaldo conditi in asinu[m] anreu[m] lucij apuleij

Asinus aureus. Florida. Apologia. De Deo Socratis. De Platonis dogmate. De mundo. - Hermes Trimegistus (Pseudo): Asclepius. - Albinus Platonicus: Epitoma disciplinarum Platonis. Ed. Johannes Andreas, obispo de Aleria

OperaHermes Trismegisto: Asclepius, vel Diologus Hermetis trismegisti et Asclepii (latine), a Lucio Apuleio translatus. Albino Platonico: Epitoma disciplinarum Platonis (latine), a Petro Balbo translatum

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Life
Works
''The Golden Ass''
''Apologia''
Other
Spurious
Apuleian Sphere
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

His most famous work is his bawdy picaresque novel the Metamorphoses, otherwise known as The Golden Ass. It is the only ancient Latin novel that has survived in its entirety. It relates the adventures of its protagonist, Lucius, who experiments with magic and is accidentally turned into a donkey. Lucius goes through various adventures before he is turned back into a human being by the goddess Isis.

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