Zu Einheit und Intention von Apuleius' Metamorphosen

• Autores: Michael Schramm
• Localización: Hermes: Zeitschrift fur klassische philologie, ISSN 0018-0777, Vol. 141, Nº 2, 2013, págs. 171-191
• Idioma: alemán
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• Resumen

  • Book 11 of Apuleius' Metamorphoses is very important for the question of whether the work as a whole has a serious intention or not. In this paper, I argue against the satirical interpretation of this book by showing that Lucius' threefold initiation is a sign that he has been chosen by the gods; at every step he learns something new about religion and life. Furthermore, the first person narrator is interpreted as Lucius. But at the end of Book 11, the transformed and religiously advanced Lucius is identified with Apuleius. Accordingly, I see the Metamorphoses as a didactic novel about the right and wrong ways of life.