Paideia at Play: Learning and Wit in Apuleius
Werner Riess (ed.)
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The idea of education and
learning (paideia) was central to ancient Greek thought. With the
incorporation of the Greek East into the Roman Empire, the concept of
paideia underwent profound changes and by the second century CE, the
so-called age of the Second Sophistic, paideia embodied Greek
civilization and culture. The Latin orator and author Apuleius of Madauros
adapted the Greek concept of paideia and conveyed it to a Latin
audience in his main works, the only extant Latin court speech of the Roman
Empire (the Apology) and the only Latin novel that is completely
preserved, the Metamorphoses. The contributors to this volume have
undertaken the task of discerning the specific forms of paideia and
its varying functions in both works. Interpreting these literary
masterpieces from a literary and historical perspective as well as in close
correlation to each other, the authors argue that a significant unifying
factor characterizes both speech and novel: the playful nature of Apuleius'
paideia. The traditional literary technique of blending serious with
comic elements reached new heights during the second century CE, since for
authors of the Second Sophistic learning and wit were often intertwined. In
Apuleius' writings in particular, reflexivity and entertainment go hand in
hand, with paideia almost always bound up with wit and humor. This
programmatic combination serving specifically Apuleian ends testifies to
Apuleius' highly self-conscious and innovative treatment of Greek paideia.
Acknowledgements VII
Introduction IX
I THE APOLOGY 1
STEPHEN J. HARRISON
The Sophist at Play in Court: Apuleius' Apology and His Literary
Career 3
JAMES B. RIVES
Legal Strategy and Learned Display in Apuleius' Apology 17
WERNER RIESS
Apuleius Socrates Africanus? Apuleius' Defensive Play 51
VINCENT HUNINK
Homer in Apuleius' Apology 75
THOMAS D. MCCREIGHT
The "Riches" of Poverty: Literary Games with Poetry in Apuleius' Laus
Paupertatis (Apology 18) 89
STEFAN TILG
Eloquentia ludens - Apuleius' Apology and the Cheerful Side of
Standing Trial 105
II THE METAMORPHOSES 133
MAAIKE ZIMMERMAN
Cenatus solis fabulis: A Symposiastic Reading of Apuleius' Novel 135
ROBERT E. VANDER POPPEN
A Festival of Laughter: Lucius, Milo, and Isis Playing the Game of
Hospitium 157
ELIZABETH M. GREENE
Social Commentary in the Metamorphoses: Apuleius' Play with Satire
175
AMANDA G. MATHIS
Playing with Elegy: Tales of Lovers in Books 1 and 2 of Apuleius'
Metamorphoses 195
DAVID P. C. CARLISLE
Vigilans somniabar: Some Narrative Uses of Dreams in Apuleius'
Metamorphoses 215
NIALL W. SLATER
Apuleian Ecphraseis: Depiction at Play 235
Abstracts 251
List of Contributors 259
Bibliography 263
Indices 281
Index locorum 281
General Index 293
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