Apuleius and Antonine Rome: Historical Essays

Keith Bradley

Published by University of Toronto Press 2012

Apuleius and Antonine Rome

Historical Essays

Keith Bradley

Volume 50 in the series Phoenix Supplementary Volumes

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442688384

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About this book

Apuleius and Antonine Rome effectively illustrates how socio-cultural history can be recovered from works of literature.

Author / Editor information

Bradley Keith :

Keith Bradley is the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and an adjunct professor in the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Reviews

Ellen Finkelpearl:
‘This is a great book by a major Roman social historian that vastly enriches a reading of Apuleius…One of the great joys of this book is Bradley’s masterful ability to evoke the sights, sounds, colours, and striking cultural mixtures that constituted this complex world, pieced together with deceptive ease.’

Julia Gaisser, Department of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies, Bryn Mawr College:
‘Apuleius and Antonine Rome is a major contribution to the study of both Apuleius and the social history of North Africa in the second century of our era. The scholarship is impeccable, as usual in Keith Bradley’s work, and the writing is clear, direct, and persuasive. I expect the book to be required reading for classicists of any field who are interested in the Antonine age.’

Benjamin Lee, Department of Classics, Oberlin College :
‘This impressive, eye-opening book is of the greatest importance to the quickly growing field of Apuleian studies. Readers will be rewarded by its rich and up-to-date set of historical data and bibliographical references, which Keith Bradley has collected into a usable format and interpreted in a manner that is nuanced and logically sound. It is a creative, thoughtful work, based on vast amounts of hard research; I both learned a great deal from it and enjoyed reading it, as it is well written in an elegant style.’

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
ABBREVIATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
1. Law, Magic, and Culture in Apuleius’s Apology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Contending with Conversion: Reflections on the Re-formation of Lucius the Ass Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3. Romanitas and the Roman Family: The Evidence of Apuleius’s Apology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4. Animalizing the Slave: The Truth of Fiction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5. Fictive Families: Family and Household in Apuleius’s Metamorphoses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
6. Sacrificing the Family: Christian Martyrs and Their Kin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
7. Apuleius and Carthage Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
8. Appearing for the Defence: Apuleius on Display Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
9. Apuleius and the Sub-Saharan Slave Trade Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	164
10. Apuleius and Jesus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
11. Lucius and Isis: History in Apuleius’s Metamorphoses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
12. Apuleius and Adultery in the Age of the Antonines Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
APPENDIX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
SUPPLEMENT OF IMAGES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
NOTES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 408
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 10
- Other: 10 b&w illustrations
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eBook

Published: January 31, 2013
ISBN: 9781442688384