5/28/2023 0 Comments Metamorphoses latin![]() ![]() This surviving Greek text appears to be an abridgement or epitome of Lucius of Patrae's text. This Greek text by Lucius of Patrae has been lost, but there is Lucius or the Ass ( Λούκιος ἢ ὄνος, Loukios ē onos), a similar tale of disputed authorship, traditionally attributed to the writer Lucian, a contemporary of Apuleius. Apuleius adapted the story from a Greek original of which the author's name is said to be an otherwise unknown "Lucius of Patrae", also the name of the lead character and narrator. ![]() It has variously been considered by scholars as a youthful work preceding Apuleius' Apology of 158–159, or as the climax of his literary career, and perhaps as late as the 170s or 180s. The date of composition of the Metamorphoses is uncertain. ![]() Lucius takes human form, in a 1345 illustration of the Metamorphoses (ms. ![]()
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