Apuleius: Rhetorical Works [Hardcover]

Apuleius (Author), S. J. Harrison (Translator), J. L. Hilton (Translator), Vincent Hunink (Translator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198152922 | ISBN-13: 978-0198152927 | Publication Date: December 6, 2001

These rhetorical texts by Apuleius, second-century Latin writer and author of the famous novel Metamorphoses or Golden Ass, have not been translated in English since 1909. They are some of the very few Latin speeches surviving from their century, and constitute important evidence for Latin and Roman North African social and intellectual culture in the second century AD. They are the work of a talented writer who is being increasingly viewed as the major literary artist of his time in Latin. The translations are presented with explanatory notes.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The three collaborators have done us all a great favour by making these works more readily available. Journal of Roman Studies The fairly extensive notations in all three selections are excellent and will be useful to a range of readers. Journal of Roman Studies

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Latin

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (December 6, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198152922
• ISBN-13: 978-0198152927
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,353,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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