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Apuleius' Metamorphoses (or The Golden Ass), a masterpiece of Latin literature from the second century AD, still captivates modern readers with its combination of asininity and mysticism. In the novel, a young man named Lucius tells how he accidentally turns into a donkey and then describes how he regains human form with the help of the Egyptian goddess Isis, into whose cult he is initiated. This book argues that invisibility is one of the central motifs in the Metamorphoses and, in the process, presents a new interpretation of Apuleius' novel as a visionary, esoteric text. It contributes both to the study of the subtle relationship between literature and Platonic philosophy and to the cultural history of invisibility in classical antiquity and beyond.

Apuleius. --- Metamorphoses (Apuleius). --- Baráth, Ferenc, --- E-books

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"Apuleius' Golden Ass and the Lucianic Loukios, or the Ass depend on and play with readers' familiarity with the clear patterns of Greek and Roman stories of metamorphosis. The formulaic nature of these stories suggests that the appearance of a god at the end of the Golden Ass is unsurprising and that the end of the Loukios is more innovative. This context also sheds new light on the function of the Cupid and Psyche story, the meaning of these works' titles, and the lost Metamorphoseis on which they are both based and of which the Golden Ass is a translation"--

Classical literature --- Metamorphosis in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Apuleius. --- Lucian, --- Lucien de Samosate --- Apulée --- Classical literature. --- Metamorphoses (Apuleius) --- Lucius, or, The ass (Lucian, of Samosata) --- Metamorphosis in literature --- Apuleius. - Metamorphoses --- Lucian, - of Samosata. - Lucius, or, The ass

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Hijmans, Ben --- Huldeboeken --- Mélanges --- Classical philology. --- Fables, Latin --- Mythology, Classical, in literature. --- Metamorphosis in literature. --- Philologie ancienne --- Fables latines --- Mythologie ancienne dans la littérature --- Métamorphose dans la littérature --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Ovid, --- Apuleius. --- Festschrift - Libri Amicorum --- Fables, Latin. --- Letterkunde. --- Klassieke talen. --- Literatur. --- Metamorphose (Motiv). --- Griechisch. --- Latein. --- Metamorphoses (Apuleius). --- Metamorphoses (Ovid). --- Mythologie ancienne dans la littérature --- Métamorphose dans la littérature --- Classical philology --- Metamorphosis in literature --- Mythology, Classical, in literature --- Philology, Classical --- Classical antiquities --- Greek language --- Greek literature --- Greek philology --- Humanism --- Latin language --- Latin literature --- Latin philology --- History and criticism --- Ovidius Naso, Publius.