| Apuleius' Florida: A Commentary Reprint 2012 Edition Contributor(s): Lee, Benjamin Todd (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110177714 ISBN-13: 9783110177718 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $186.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: The Florida, an anthology of 23 orations that Apuleius of Madauros delivered primarily in Carthage during the 160s A.D., offers a rich store of evidence about epideictic rhetoric, Middle Platonism, and the civic and intellectual life of the North African provincial metropolis. In addition to locating the work in its historical and cultural context, this commentary investigates Apuleius' remarkable language and style. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Greek (modern) - History | Ancient - Rome - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical |
| Dewey: 873 |
| LCCN: 2007296432 |
| Series: Texte Und Kommentare |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (0.99 lbs) 223 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Florida, an anthology of 23 orations that Apuleius of Madauros delivered primarily in Carthage during the 160's A.D., offers a rich store of evidence about epideictic rhetoric, Middle Platonism, and the civic and intellectual life of the North African provincial metropolis. In addition to locating the work in its historical and cultural context, this commentary investigates Apuleius' remarkable language and style. Full attention is given to the rich and complex intertextual relationship of the Florida to earlier Greek and Roman literature, as well as to the work's extensive links to Middle Platonism, the Second Sophistic, and the rest of the Apuleian corpus, particularly his philosophical works. |