Paideia at play
Subtitle: learning and wit in Apuleius
By: edited by Werner Riess.
Contributors: Riess, Werner.; Apuleius and the Second Sophistic: an Orator at Play (2007 : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Series: Ancient narrative -- 11
Publisher: Barkhuis Publishing; Groningen University Library
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Groningen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9789077922415
Subjects: Apuleius; Second Sophistic movement; Education, Ancient
Notes: "This volume presents a collection of revised versions of papers originally read at the international conference "Apuleius and the second sophistic : an orator at play," which took place at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on March 23-25, 2007"--P. [vii].

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-280) and indexes.

Text in English with passages and footnotes quoting Latin.
Table of contents: title: The sophist at play in court : Apuleius' Apology and his literary career / Stephen J. Harrison; title: Legal strategy and learned display in Apuleius' Apology / James B. Rives; title: Apuleius Socrates Africanus? : Apuleius' defensive play / Werner Reiss; title: Homer in Apuleius' Apology / Vincent Hunink; title: The "riches" of poverty : literary games with poetry in Apuleius' Luas Paupertatis (Apology 18) / Thomas D. McCreight; title: Eloquentia ludens : Apuleius' Apology and the cheerful side of standing trial / Stefan Tilg; title: Centaus solis fabulis : a symposiastic reading of Apuleius' novel / Maaike Zimmerman; title: A festival of laughter : Lucius, Milo and Isis playing the game of Hospitium / Robert E. Vander Poppen; title: Social commentary in the Metamorphoses : Apuleius' play with satire / Elizabeth M. Greene; title: Playing with elegy : tales of lovers in books 1 and 2 of Apuleius' Metamorphoses / Amanda G. Mathis; title: Vigilans somniabar : some narrative uses of dreams in Apuleius' Metamorphoses / David P.C. Carlisle; title: Apuleian Ecphraseis : depiction at play / Niall W. Slater.