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 and then distributed his own defense before the proconsul and a court of magistrates convened in Sabratha, near Oea (modern Tripoli, Libya). This is known as the ''Apologia''.His most famous work is his bawdy picaresque novel the ''Metamorphoses'', otherwise known as ''The Golden Ass''. It is the only 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Apuleius
Published 1800
Published 1800
printed for J. Wright, Piccadilly; by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, ST. James's
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by Apuleius
Published 1792
Published 1792
[appresso Ricardo Edouardo, No. 142, Bond-Street, [della stamperia di Antonio Stoupe]
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by Apuleius
Published 1795
Published 1795
printed for the author, and sold by Leigh and Sotheby, York Street, Covent Garden
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by Gildon, Charles
Published 1709
Other Authors:
“...Apuleius...”Published 1709
printed for Dan. Brown, at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar, G. Sawbridge, at the Three Flower-de-Luces, in Little-Britain, E. Sanger, at the Post-House, in Fleet-Street, S. Brisco, at the Raven, and J. Baker, at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster-Row
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by Gildon, Charles
Published 1708
Other Authors:
“...Apuleius...”Published 1708
printed for S. Brisco, and sold by J. Morphew, near Stationers-Hall