biography
pronunciation:
[apulayus]
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| Roman writer, satirist, and rhetorician, born in Madaura, Numidia, N Africa. He studied at Carthage and Athens, travelled widely, and was initiated into numerous religious mysteries. Having married a wealthy widow, Aemilia Pudentilla, he was charged by her relations with having employed magic to gain her affections. His Apologia was an eloquent vindication. He settled in Carthage, where he devoted himself to literature and the teaching of philosophy and rhetoric. His romance, Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass, is a satire on the vices of the age, especially those of the priesthood and of quacks. |
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