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Apuleius

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Madaurus, Algeria

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Literature & Fiction, Philosophy, Humor

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Date of Birth: ca. 125 AD
Date of Death: ca. 180 AD

Apuleius (sometimes called Lucius Apuleius; c. 125 – c. 180) was a Latin prose writer. He was a Berber, from Madaurus (now M'Daourouch, Algeria). He studied Platonist philosophy in Athens; travelled to Italy, Asia Minor and Egypt; and was an initiate in several cults or mysteries, including the cult of Isis. 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 Tripoli. This is known as the Apologia.

His most famous work is his bawdy picaresque novel, the Metamorphose...more

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Average rating: 3.90 · 970 ratings · 135 reviews · 24 distinct works

	The Golden Ass by Lucius Apuleius, Jack Lindsay (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 2,460 ratings — published 160 — 145 editions	My rating:
	Cupid and Psyche by Apuleius, E.J. Kennedy (Editor) 4.09 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 125 — 78 editions	My rating:
	Apuleius' Golden ass, or, The metamorphosis: and other philosophical writings viz. On the God of Socrates & On the philosophy of Plato by Apuleius, Thomas Taylor 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1991 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Apologia Florida (Biblioteca Clasica Gredos) by Apuleius, Apuleyo De Madauros 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1970 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Metamorphoses: Book III by Apuleius, William Nelson Turpin 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Das Märchen von Amor und Psyche 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004	My rating:
	The God Of Socrates 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Cupid and Psyche and Other Tales from the Golden Ass by Apuleius, W. Adlington (Translator), W.H.D. Rouse (Introduction) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Golden Ass by Apuleius, Thomas Taylor (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	Apulejo, Dell' Asino D'Oro, Translatato Da Messer Agnolo Firenzuola, Di Latino in Lingua Toscana 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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“Als die Schandweiber es endlich zuwege gebracht hatten, daß die Tore offenstehen und die Seele ihrer Schwester entblößt vor ihnen liegt, geben sie die Schlupfwinkel ihrer verborgenen Ranke auf und dringen mit den gezückten schwertern der Tücke in die ängltlichen Gedanken des arglosen Mädchens ein.”
― Apuleius, Das Märchen von Amor und Psyche

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