Apuleius
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Her father was the school librarian, and she spent most of her time there with him, reading whatever she could get her hands on—poetry, Apuleius, Jules Verne, the encyclopedia.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 29, 2019
Nero’s three motherless sons have also chosen grandiose Roman aliases—Petronius, Lucius Apuleius, and Dionysius.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2017
The ballet follows the musical libretto rather than the myth by Apuleius, and Mr. Ratmansky is wonderfully responsive to the score’s glowing, undulating tonalities.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2014
He has already been likened to Rabelais and Apuleius, but he has been likened to Mrs Gaskell too.
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012
The famous story of Cupid and Psyche is told only by Apuleius, who writes very much like Ovid.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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