Apuleius, Metamorphoses /2 vol. Loeb Classical Library 44/453

Loeb Classical Library 44/453, Apuleius, Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass) in two volumes. Translated by J. Arthur Hanson.

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  • Etat / Condition : very good condition, minor shelf wear / très bon état, minimes frottements.
  • Volumes : 2 volumes.
  • Binding / Reliure : original red titled cloth with fine dust jacket, cartonné avec jaquette.
  • Format : In-16 / 17 x 11 cm.
  • Pages : XVII, 371; V, 377pp.
  • Editeur : Cambridge, Harvard University Press / London, Heinemann.
  • Date : 1989.

    Latin and English on opposite pages. Bilingue latin et anglais.

    In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, also known as The Golden Ass, we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful romance combining realism and magic.

    The hero, Lucius, eager to experience the sensations of a bird, resorts to witchcraft but by an unfortunate pharmaceutical error finds himself transformed into an ass. He knows he can revert to his own body by eating rose-petals, but these prove singularly elusive; and the bulk of the work describes his adventures as an animal. He also retails many stories that he overheard, the most charming being that of Cupid and Psyche (beginning, in true fairy-tale fashion, “Erant in quadam civitate rex et regina”). Some of the stories are as indecent as they are witty, and two in the ninth book were deemed by Boccaccio worthy of inclusion in the Decameron. At last the goddess Isis takes pity on Lucius. In a surprising denouement, he is restored to human shape and, now spiritually regenerated, is initiated into her mysteries. The author’s baroque Latin style nicely matches his fantastic narrative and is guaranteed to hold a reader’s attention from beginning to end.

    The Loeb Classical Library® is the only existing series of books which, through original text and English translation, gives access to all that is important in Greek and Latin literature. Epic and lyric poetry; tragedy and comedy; history, travel, philosophy, and oratory; the great medical writers and mathematicians; those Church fathers who made particular use of pagan culture—in short, our entire classical heritage is represented here in convenient and well-printed pocket volumes in which an up-to-date text and accurate and literate English translation face each other page by page. The editors provide substantive introductions as well as essential critical and explanatory notes and selective bibliographies.

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Condition Tweedehands - Zeer goed
Taal Verenigd Koninkrijk
Geillustreerd Nee
Publicaton Date 1 jan. 1989
Jaar 1989
Auteur / Cartograaf / Fotograaf Apuleius
Uitgever Harvard University Press
First Edition Nee
Signed edition Nee
Signed binding Nee
Aux armes Nee
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