Vol. 33 No. 3 (2007): XXXIII - 2007, fascicolo 3
Articoli

<em>Lectores in fabula</em>: Apuleius’ <em>Metamorphoses</em> between pleasure and instruction

Published 2013-07-04

Keywords

  • Apuleius,
  • Metamorphoses,
  • narrator’s role,
  • intertextuality

Abstract

Analysis of the prologue, the closing, and the 2nd book of Apuleius’ novel, focusing on the narrator’s role, the intertextual links, and – in particular – the comparison with Ovid’s poem.