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Apuleius
[ ap-yuh-lee-uhs ]
noun
- Lucius, a.d. 125?–180, Roman philosopher and satirist.
Apuleius
/ ˌæpjʊˈliːəs /
noun
- ApuleiusLucius2nd century2nd centuryMRomanWRITING: writer Lucius (ˈluːsɪəs). 2nd century ad , Roman writer, noted for his romance The Golden Ass
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Porphyrius and his next neighbor, Apuleius, the great physician, were among those who had covered their faces.
Golden Ass of Apuleius, as possible inspiration to Keats, 412 & n.
Apuleius's ass wanted to crop roses, because by so doing he would resume the human form.
Dioscorides and Apuleius are often the sources of the prescriptions of the Saxons, at least as regards the herb employed.
We have another version of this tale, which is a little more like its prototype, the “Cupid and Psyche” of Apuleius.
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