CAS CL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: The Golden Ass, Hair Loss, Sex Comedy
25 Jan 2016
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Book 8: new owners are the syrian priests of atargatis. Book 10: the cooks; women who fall in love with the ass; the arena show. Book 11: the goddess isis: slaves lives. Social metamorphosis (wealthy citizen to low parts of society) Donkey was a symbol for a slave. No evidence on what it"s like to be assessed by buyers. Workers in a grain mill depicted (worst place for slaves to go) Apuleius: the golden ass (part ii: notes. Roses will transform him into a human. Prototype of the picturesque: everyday life in the provinces. Emperor did not have much of an imprint. Farmer only speaks greek: women in the novel. Wife having an affair and husband comes home. A characterization of lucius (voyeuristic) and hate women. Before isis= sex; conversion moment= abstinence: religious satire. One of the women a metaphor for christianity. Isis is the goddess and gives him robes. No longer fast paced, but describing worship of isis.
