The ass of the gods : Apuleius' Golden ass, the Onos attributed to Lucian, and Graeco-Roman metamorphosis literature /

The ass of the gods : Apuleius' Golden ass, the Onos attributed to Lucian, and Graeco-Roman metamorphosis literature /

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Author / Creator:Fletcher, K. F. B., author.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
Description:viii, 238 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Mnemosyne supplements: monographs on greek and latin language and literature, 0169-8958 ; 472
Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 472.
Subject:
Apuleius. -- Metamorphoses.
Lucian, -- of Samosata. -- Lucius, or, The ass.
Lucius, or, The ass (Lucian, of Samosata)
Metamorphoses (Apuleius)
Metamorphosis in literature.
Classical literature -- History and criticism.
Classical literature.
Metamorphosis in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13153454
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ISBN:9789004537163
9004537163
9789004537170
Language / Script:Current Copyright Fee: GBP25.00 0.
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:"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"--
Other form:Online version: Fletcher, Kristopher. Ass of the gods Boston : Brill, 2023 9789004537170

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