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The Golden Ass of Apuleius: Translated Out of Latin by William Adlington, Anno 1566, With an Introduction by Charles Whibley. E-book. Formato PDF Apuleius Madaurensis - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
Apuleius got his inspiration.1 But a comparison of the Latin, version with its Greek forerunner, commonly attri buted to Lucian, proves the debt a feather's weight.
The Metamorphosis: Or Golden Ass, of Apuleius. E-book. Formato PDF Apuleius - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
Apulieus, the celebrated author of the following work, is undoubtedly the greatest of the ancient Latin Platonists, a portion of whose writings have been preserved to the present time; and though, in consequence of living at a period in which the depths of the Platonic philosophy had not been fathomed, and its mysteries luminously unfolded, as they afterwards were by certain Coryphaan Greeks,' he is not to be classed among the chief of the disciples of Plato, yet he will always main tain a very distinguished rank among those who have delivered to us the more accessible parts of that philosophy with consummate eloquence, and an inimitable splendour of diction.
The Works of Apuleius: Comprising the Metamorphoses, or Golden Ass, the God of Socrates, the Florida, and His Defence, or a Discourse on Magic. E-book. Formato PDF Apuleius - Forgotten Books, 2017 -
I had occasion to visit Thessaly on business; for it was there that our origin on the maternal side was derived, in the first place, from the celebrated Plutarch}? And afterwards from his grandson, Sextus, the philosopher, a thing which re?ects so much honour upon us. I had travelled over lofty mountains, slippery valleys, dewy turf, and thick-clodded plains, being mounted on a milk-white horse of that country; and as he was now much fatigued, I jumped upon my feet, in order that I too might shake off the numbness of my limbs by walking; then carefully wiped the sweat from my horse with a handful of leaves, 1 stroked his ears, threw the reins over his head, and walked him along at a gentle pace, until the Usual functions of nature had relieved his weariness.