Roles and Performances in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses

✍ Scribed by Stavros Frangoulidis (auth.)

Publisher: J.B. Metzler
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Leaves: 203
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Unwittingly Successful Performances: The Triumph of Magic....Pages 15-68
Fatally Successful Performances....Pages 69-103
Unsuccessful Performances....Pages 105-127
Man and Animal....Pages 129-162
Successful Performances: Lucius’ Spiritual Journey....Pages 163-176
Back Matter....Pages 177-197

✦ Subjects

Ancient History

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