Apuleius

[ ap-yuh-lee-uhs ]

noun

1. Lucius, a.d. 125?–180, Roman philosopher and satirist.

Apuleius

/ ˌæpjʊˈliːəs /

noun

1. 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.

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Golden Ass of Apuleius, as possible inspiration to Keats, 412 & n.

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Apuleius's ass wanted to crop roses, because by so doing he would resume the human form.

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Dioscorides and Apuleius are often the sources of the prescriptions of the Saxons, at least as regards the herb employed.

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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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