Apuleius, Lucius
Roman lawyer, philosopher, and writer. He was the author of The Golden Ass, or Metamorphoses, a prose fantasy.
Born at Madaura in North Africa, he was educated at Carthage and Athens. He travelled extensively in the East in order to become an initiate of religious mysteries, and then practised for some time as an advocate in Rome. Returning to Africa he married a rich widow, Aemilia Pudentilla, whose family charged him with having won her by magic. His defence survives: Apologia or De Magia. He was acquitted and devoted the remainder of his life to philosophy and literature. His main work, The Golden Ass, is the only complete Latin novel to survive.
Born at Madaura in North Africa, he was educated at Carthage and Athens. He travelled extensively in the East in order to become an initiate of religious mysteries, and then practised for some time as an advocate in Rome. Returning to Africa he married a rich widow, Aemilia Pudentilla, whose family charged him with having won her by magic. His defence survives: Apologia or De Magia. He was acquitted and devoted the remainder of his life to philosophy and literature. His main work, The Golden Ass, is the only complete Latin novel to survive.
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