1812 antique book Apuleius Metamorphoses Golden Ass ancient roman novel french

Description: "Matemorphoses ou L'Ane d'Or d'Apulee, philosophe platonicien". Tome I. A Chatillon-sur-Seine, chez C. A. Cornillac-Lambert, MDCCCXII - 1812. Binding: hardbound w/leather on spine. Text: french. Number of pages: 264. Dimensions: 20,5x13x2cm. Good condition - see photos (defects that do not affect text, part of paper missing from few leaves' upper corner, seals on title, etc). Shipping costs $16 for registered letter worldwide. Apuleius (/ˌæpjʊˈliːəs/; also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis; c. 124 – c. 170 AD)[1] was a Latin-language prose writer, Platonist philosopher and rhetorician.[2] He was a Numidian who lived under the Roman Empire[3] and was from Madauros (now 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 a witty tour de force in his own defense before the proconsul and a court of magistrates convened in Sabratha, near ancient 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 ludicrous adventures of one Lucius, who experiments with magic and is accidentally turned into a donkey. The Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which St. Augustine referred to as The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus),[1] is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety.[2] The protagonist of the novel is called Lucius.[3] At the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from Madaurus,[4] the hometown of Apuleius himself. The plot revolves around the protagonist's curiosity (curiositas) and insatiable desire to see and practice magic. While trying to perform a spell to transform into a bird, he is accidentally transformed into an ass. This leads to a long journey, literal and metaphorical, filled with inset tales. He finally finds salvation through the intervention of the goddess Isis, whose cult he joins.

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