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Metamorphoses
責任表示 | Apuleius ; with an English translation by J. Arthur Hanson |
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シリーズ | The Loeb classical library ; 44, 453 |
データ種別 | 図書 |
出版情報 | Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press , 1996, c1989 |
本文言語 | 英語,ラテン語 |
大きさ | 2 v. ; 17 cm |
概要 | In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, also known as The Golden Ass, we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful romance combining realism and magic. The hero... Lucius, eager to experience the sensations of a bird, resorts to witchcraft but by an unfortunate pharmaceutical error finds himself transformed into an ass. He knows he can revert to his own body by eating rose-petals, but these prove singularly elusive; and the bulk of the work describes his adventures as an animal. He also retails many stories that he overheard, the most charming being that of Cupid and Psyche (beginning, in true fairy-tale fashion, 'Erant in quadam civitate rex et regina'). Some of the stories are as indecent as they are witty, and two in the ninth book were deemed by Boccaccio worthy of inclusion in the Decameron. At last the goddess Isis takes pity on Lucius. In a surprising denouement, he is restored to human shape and, now spiritually regenerated, is initiated into her mysteries. The author's baroque Latin style nicely matches his fantastic narrative and is guaranteed to hold a reader's attention from beginning to end. J. Arthur Hanson was at the time of his death in 1985 Giger Professor of Latin at Princeton University. His publications include Roman Theater-Temples. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Apuleius is in two volumes. In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius The hero, Lucius, eager to experience the sensations of a bird, resorts to witchcraft but by an unfortunate pharmaceutical error finds himself transformed into an ass. He knows he can revert to his own body by eating rose-petals, but these prove singularly elusive; and the bulk of the work describes his adventures as an animal. He also retails many stories that he overheard, the most charming being that of Cupid and Psyche (beginning, in true fairy-tale fashion, 'Erant in quadam civitate rex et regina'). Some of the stories are as indecent as they are witty, and two in the ninth book were deemed by Boccaccio worthy of inclusion in the Decameron. At last the goddess Isis takes pity on Lucius. In a surprising denouement, he is restored to human shape and, now spiritually regenerated, is initiated into her mysteries. The author's baroque Latin style nicely matches his fantastic narrative and is guaranteed to hold a reader's attention from beginning to end. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Apuleius is in two volumes. 続きを見る |
目次 | v. 1. Books I-VI v. 2. Books VII-XI. |
所蔵情報
状態 | 巻次 | 所蔵場所 | 請求記号 | 刷年 | 文庫名称 | 資料番号 | コメント | 予約・取寄 | 複写申込 | 自動書庫 |
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1. books 1-6 | 中央図 1A | 992.3/A 59 | 1996 |
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058212009013263 |
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1. books 1-6 | 中央図 4C_1‐135 [法] | A 00/L/13(44) | 1996 |
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015212000024873 |
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書誌詳細
別書名 | 原タイトル:Metamorphoseon |
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一般注記 | Latin text and parallel English translation on opposite pages Bibliography: v. 1, p. xv-xvii Includes index "Reprinted with corrections 1996"--T.p. verso |
著者標目 | *Apuleius Hanson, John Arthur |
分 類 | CC:PA6209.M3 DC20:873/.01 NDLC:KE211 |
書誌ID | 1000510767 |
ISBN | 0674990498 |
NCID | BA37768109 |
巻冊次 | 1. books 1-6 ; ISBN:0674990498 ; PRICE:$14.50 2. books 7-11 ; ISBN:0674994981 ; PRICE:$14.50 |
登録日 | 2009.09.14 |
更新日 | 2010.03.15 |