Apuleius, Lucius
Apuleius, Lucius (125–?)Roman rhetorician and Platonic philosopher. Born in Hippo, now Annaba, Apuleius was educated at Carthage and Athens. He travelled widely in Greece and Asia Minor and practised for a while as a lawyer in Rome. When he was about 30 years old, he returned home, where he gained a distinguished reputation as a writer and lecturer. His most famous work is Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Ass, which includes the famous fairy tale ‘Cupid and Psyche’. He also wrote The Apology, or On Magic (Apologia: Pro se de magia liber), his defence in a suit against him by his wife's relatives, who accused him of gaining her affections through magic, and three philosophical treatises, On the God of Socrates (De deo Socratis), On the Philosophy of Plato (De Platone et eius dogmate), and On the World (De munde).
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