Witches, Isis and Narrative: Approaches to Magic in Apuleius' Metamorphoses (Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes - Volume 2) PDF
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Stavros Frangoulidis Witches, Isis and Narrative ≥ Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes Edited by Franco Montanari and Antonios Rengakos Scientific Committee Alberto Bernabe´ · Margarethe Billerbeck · Claude Calame Philip R. Hardie · Stephen J. Harrison · Stephen Hinds Richard Hunter · Christina Kraus · Giuseppe Mastromarco Gregory Nagy · Theodore D. Papanghelis · Giusto Picone Kurt Raaflaub · Bernhard Zimmermann Volume 2 Walter de Gruyter · Berlin · New York Witches, Isis and Narrative Approaches to Magic in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses by Stavros Frangoulidis Walter de Gruyter · Berlin · New York (cid:2)(cid:2) Printedonacid-freepaperwhichfallswithintheguidelinesoftheANSI toensurepermanenceanddurability. ISBN 978-3-11-020594-7 LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress. BibliographicinformationpublishedbytheDeutscheNationalbibliothek TheDeutscheNationalbibliothekliststhispublicationintheDeutscheNationalbibliografie; detailedbibliographicdataareavailableintheInternetathttp://dnb.d-nb.de. (cid:2) Copyright2008byWalterdeGruyterGmbH&Co.KG,D-10785Berlin Allrightsreserved,includingthoseoftranslationintoforeignlanguages.Nopartofthisbook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, includingphotocopy,recordingoranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermis- sioninwritingfromthepublisher. PrintedinGermany CoverDesign:ChristopherSchneider,Berlin Printingandbinding:Hubert&Co.GmbH&Co.KG,Göttingen D M parentibus meis Antonios & Chryssoula Contents Acknowledgements .................................... XI Text and Figure Acknowledgements ......................XIII Introduction ......................................... 1 Chapter1 The Onos versus Apuleius’ Metamorphoses ........... 13 The arrival at Hypata ................................. 15 Encounter with magic ................................ 27 Wanderings ........................................ 30 Reformation ........................................ 39 Return home / Isis .................................. 41 Chapter2 Lucius versus Socrates and Aristomenes ............ 46 Comparisons ........................................ 48 Frustrating expectations ............................... 61 Chapter3 Lucius’ and Milo’s Tales of Diophanes and Asinius’ Prophecy: Internal Readers and the Author ................. 69 The exchange of tales ................................ 70 Lucius versus Cerdo .................................. 76 The prophecies of Diophanes and Asinius Marcellus ........ 78 Chapter4 Lucius versus Thelyphron....................... 85 Contact with magic .................................. 90 Consequences ....................................... 91 Revelation of events ................................. 98 Playing with expectations .............................. 103 Misfortunes – restoration / prolongation of misfortunes ...... 105 Chapter5 The Tale of Cupid and Psyche as a Mythic Variant of the Novel ........................................... 108 Apollo’s oracle / Demeas’ letter ......................... 110 Cupid’s palace / Milo’s home .......................... 112 Encounter with the divine / contact with magic ........... 117 VIII Contents Wanderings ........................................ 120 Reunion / encounter with Isis ......................... 124 Divine wedlock / serving the divine ..................... 126 Chapter6 ‘War’ in Magic and Lovemaking ................. 130 Comparison of the two episodes ........................ 134 Love and war in elegy ................................ 137 Isis as goddess of peace ................................ 144 Appendix: ‘War’ in the Tale of Cupic and Psyche .......... 147 Chapter7 Lucius’ Metamorphosis into an Ass as a Narrative Device .............................................. 153 Asinine features in Lucius as a human .................... 154 Lucius’ transformation into a lower being ................. 161 The employment of the ass for the creation of comic effect ... 163 Apuleius as a new Aesop .............................. 167 The relation of the ass to Isis’ cult ....................... 169 Isis reverses the metamorphosis ......................... 171 Isis and true knowledge ............................... 173 Chapter8 Rewriting Metamorphoses 1–10: The Isis Book ...... 175 The encounter with religion (Isis) / contact with magic ...... 176 The Ploiaphesia festival / the Laughter festival ............. 179 Initiation into Isiac rites / ‘initiation’ into magic ............ 190 Journey to Rome / adventures ......................... 196 Lesser themes and elements ............................ 198 Chapter9 Transforming the Genre: Apuleius’ Metamorphoses .... 204 The tale of Cupid and Psyche .......................... 211 The immediate frame ................................. 212 The wider frame .................................... 214 Appendix:Lucius’MetamorphicChangeandEntranceintoaNew Life as a Metaphorical Representation of the Sailing of Isis’ Ship. 217 The archaeological context ............................ 218 Encounter with the goddess ............................ 220 The Ploiaphesia festival ............................... 224 Comparison ........................................ 229 Reconnection with society ............................ 231 Contents IX Bibliography ......................................... 233 List of Figures ........................................ 250 Index of Passages...................................... 251 General Index ........................................ 253
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