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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Apuleius"”.
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Gynocentric Apuleius: Female Agency in 'The Golden Ass'
<p>Through a close reading of Apuleius’ Golden Ass, I argue that characters such as Byrrhena, Photis, and Psyche function as positive examples of female sexual authority and autonomy and effectively challenge the phallocentric theories commonly applied to Greek and Roman gender and sexuality, the …
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Sequence of Thought and Motivation in the 'Metamorphoses' of Apuleius
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Katabaseis von Vergil bis Apuleius – eine Reise in die römische Unterwelt?
… verschiedener fiktionaler Texte von Vergil bis Apuleius auf Grundlage der Terminologie vorgenommen, die Dennerlein in "Narratologie des Raumes" zusammenstellt. Dabei wird die Frage geklärt, inwieweit von der einen römischen Unterwelt gesprochen werden kann. Allgemeingültige Aspekte der …
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<i>Pavore Risum</i>: Humor and Horror in Apuleius’ <i>Metamorphoses<i>
… the relationship between humor and horror in Apuleius’ <em>Metamorphoses</em>. By analyzing episodes of supernatural horror over the course of the text, I establish a repeated pattern of confusion between magical and mundane storyworlds in each of these episodes, where the protagonist …
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Aggredior ad ipsum crimen magiae
… ipsum crimen magiae." Mit diesen Worten leitet Apuleius die Widerlegung der gegen ihn gerichteten Anklage ein: Er soll die reiche Witwe Pudentilla durch Liebeszauber zu einer Heirat mit ihm veranlasst haben. Dagegen setzt er sich in seiner Verteidigungsrede "De magia" zur Wehr. Die vorliegende …
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A commentary on Jerome's Contra Vigilantium
… the model of the Gröningen commentaries on Apuleius. The text and translation are provided in smaller units and immediately precede the commentary for ease of reference. I also provide in the appendix a translation of Epp. 61 and 109, the text taken from Hilberg’s Corpus Scriptorum …
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Representations of the muse in the writings of Robert Graves: a study of five prose texts (1944-1950)
… with the act of translating The Golden Ass by Apuleius, these texts all contribute to the argument about the origins of the muse and poetic inspiration, finally articulated in the writing and rewriting of The White Goddess. The thesis will also suggest that Graves’s biased reinterpretation of …
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Globalizing the Sculptural Landscapes of the Sarapis and Isis Cults in Hellenistic and Roman Greece
… contexts. At the core of this analysis are Apuleius’ Metamorphoses and Plutarch’s De Iside et Osiride, which offer a Greek perspective on the cult’s theology. These literary works rely on a tradition of aretalogical inscriptions—long hymns produced from roughly the late 4th century B.C.E. …
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The Night Witch: The Demonic and the Roman Witch
The Night Witch is a concept found throughout human culture, a category of the female magical practitioner who can only be found in literature and the nightmares of those who imagine her. As the name suggests, she typically operates at night, using violence and magic to ensnare and kill her …
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The Night Witch: The Demonic and the Roman Witch
The Night Witch is a concept found throughout human culture, a category of the female magical practitioner who can only be found in literature and the nightmares of those who imagine her. As the name suggests, she typically operates at night, using violence and magic to ensnare and kill her …