16%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Apologia. Florida. De Deo Socratis (Loeb Classical Library)
Apuleius
€ 33.99
€ 28.71
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Apologia. Florida. De Deo Socratis (Loeb Classical Library)
Hardcover. Apuleius (born ca. 125 AD), one of the great stylists of Latin literature, was a prominent figure in Roman Africa best known for his picaresque novel Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass. This edition, new to the Loeb Classical Library, contains Apuleius' other surviving works that are considered genuine. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 16 x 10. .
Apuleius, one of the great stylists of Latin literature, was born ca. 125 AD in Madauros to a politically prominent family and received an elite education in the provincial capital Carthage and at Athens, where he began a lifelong allegiance to Platonic philosophy. In the later 150s, he married Pudentilla of Oea, a wealthy widow, and seems to have enjoyed a distinguished public career in Africa and perhaps as an advocate in Rome. Although Apuleius is best known for his picaresque novel Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass (LCL 44, 453), he also wrote and declaimed on a ... Read more
Apuleius, one of the great stylists of Latin literature, was born ca. 125 AD in Madauros to a politically prominent family and received an elite education in the provincial capital Carthage and at Athens, where he began a lifelong allegiance to Platonic philosophy. In the later 150s, he married Pudentilla of Oea, a wealthy widow, and seems to have enjoyed a distinguished public career in Africa and perhaps as an advocate in Rome. Although Apuleius is best known for his picaresque novel Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass (LCL 44, 453), he also wrote and declaimed on a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Loeb Classical Library
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
452
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674997110
SKU
V9780674997110
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Apuleius
Christopher P. Jones is George Martin Lane Professor of the Classics and of History, Emeritus, at Harvard University.
Reviews for Apologia. Florida. De Deo Socratis (Loeb Classical Library)