Apuleius: Metamorphoses: An Intermediate Latin Reader

by Apuleius

2021-01-09 23:29:24

Apuleius'' famous novel, The Metamorphoses, tells the story of a man who was magically changed into an ass, and who had various (humorous, sad, exciting, disturbing, erotic, horrific) adventures before he regained his human form. As well as being gen... Read more
Apuleius'' famous novel, The Metamorphoses, tells the story of a man who was magically changed into an ass, and who had various (humorous, sad, exciting, disturbing, erotic, horrific) adventures before he regained his human form. As well as being genuinely interesting and great fun to read, The Metamorphoses is of great value for the study of narrative technique, literary style, religious practices, contemporary culture in a Roman province and much more. This book contains selections from the novel and is aimed at students moving on to genuine, unsimplified Latin prose after completing an introductory Latin course. It contains a useful introduction, detailed notes providing a lot of help with grammar, expression and translation, a full vocabulary, and passages of appreciation to make the selections come alive as literature and to enhance students'' perception and enjoyment of the stories. Less

Book Details

File size9.72 X 6.89 X 0.31 in
Print pages162
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date March 5, 2009
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521690553
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Apuleius (also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis; c. 124 – c. 170 AD) was a Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher, and rhetorician. He was a Numidian who lived under the Roman Empire a...

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