Apuleius and Antonine Rome : historical essays / Keith Bradley.

"Apuleius and Antonine Rome features outstanding scholarship by Keith Bradley on the Latin author Apuleius of Madauros and on the second-century Roman world in which Apuleius lived. Bradley discusses Apuleius' work in the context of social relations (especially the family and household), religiosity...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bradley, K. R. (Keith R.), 1946-
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2012], ©2012.
Series:Phoenix. Supplementary volume ; 50.
Subjects:
Apuleius > Criticism and interpretation.
Rome > Social life and customs.
Rome > Civilization.
Physical Description:xvi, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Law, magic and culture in Apuleius' Apology
  • 2. Contending with conversion: reflections on the re-formation of Lucius the Ass
  • 3. Romanitas and the Roman family: the evidence of Apuleius' Apology
  • 4. Animalising the slave: the truth of fiction
  • 5. Fictive families: family and household in Apuleius' Metamorphoses
  • 6. Sacrificing the family: Christian martyrs and their kin
  • 7. Apuleius and Carthage
  • 8. Appearing for the defence: Apuleius on display
  • 9. Apuleius and the sub-Saharan slave trade
  • 10. Apuleius and Jesus
  • 11. Lucius and Isis: history in Apuleius' Metamorphoses
  • 12. Apuleius and adultery in the age of the Antonines.