Curiositas and the Platonism of Apuleius' Golden Ass

DeFilippo, Joseph G.

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“…Except that curiositas is not just 'curiosity', but polypragmosynè (πολυπραγμοσύνη), and that the title of Plutarch's essay should better be translated as 'On meddlesomeness', or 'On being a busybody'. Moreover, a scouting of the semantic field of the term πολυπραγμοσύνη reveals, as DeFilippo (1990) has made brilliantly clear, that for a Middle Platonist, be it Plutarch or Apuleius, the πολυπράγμων does injustice to his human vocation by "giving in to his appetites and the pleasures which motivate them", and by giving up the "role of the intellect as decision-maker for the whole person". He thus becomes bestial and asinine.…”

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Aspects of Apuleius' <i>Golden Ass</i>

Egelhaaf-Gaiser¹,

Keulen²

2012

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Aspects of Apuleius' <i>Golden Ass</i>

Egelhaaf-Gaiser¹,

Keulen²

2012

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“…Thibau (1965), Gianotti (1986), Kenney (1990b), Fick-Michel (1991. 69 For the Phaedros c£ n. 37 (above); for the Platonic aspect of curiositas c ( De Filippo (1990). 70 C( e.g.…”

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The Novel in the Ancient World

Schmeling¹

1996

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“…36 This attraction is not unlike Lucius' passion for the rare and marvellous produced by magic (Met. 2.1.1), which forms part of a major theme of curiositas in the novel (see Schlam 1992:48-57;DeFilippo 1999). In Book 10 this theme is reversed when the curiositas is turned onto Lucius (Zimmerman 2000:20).…”

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Bestial or human lusts? The representation of the matron and her sexuality in Apuleius' Metamorphoses (10.19.3-22.5)

Haskins

2014

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The bestiality episode in ) is unique in extant Latin literature and has generated interest among scholars as to why Apuleius included it. These studies have centred on the main character, Lucius, and the relationship between this episode and the broader theme of animal/ human duality throughout the novel. However, the function of the woman in the episode has tended to be subsumed into these discussions. The question of whether or not the woman of the bestiality episode is exercising bestial or human lusts is important in interpreting the women in the novel in general. She therefore needs a study devoted to her and the representation of her sexuality. This study will show that, in her case, her lust for an ass is human rather than bestial, and this illustrates the wider issues in the novel concerning the insatiability of female sexual nature and the dangers (from the male point of view) of female control over their own sexuality.

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Curiositas and the Platonism of Apuleius' Golden Ass

Cited by 23 publications

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Aspects of Apuleius' <i>Golden Ass</i>

Aspects of Apuleius' <i>Golden Ass</i>

The Novel in the Ancient World

Bestial or human lusts? The representation of the matron and her sexuality in Apuleius' Metamorphoses (10.19.3-22.5)

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