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Crucifixion and median neuropathy. [PDF]
Brain Behav, 2013 Crucifixion as a means of torture and execution was first developed in the 6th century B.C. and remained popular for over 1000 years. Details of the practice, which claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, have intrigued scholars as historical records and
Regan JM, Shahlaie K, Watson JC.
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The Refiguration of Body and Soul: Time and Narrative in C.S. Lewis's Retelling of the Cupid and Psyche Myth [PDF]
Amaltea: Revista de Mitocrítica, 2012 This paper presents a reading of C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold in light of Mikhail Bakhtin and Paul Ricoeur’s analysis of time’s role in transformation.
Matthew Lukens
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, 2017 This chapter considers the biography, literary career, and literary output of the second-century Platonizing Latin writer Apuleius, born in Roman North Africa in the 120s ce and recorded as active in Carthage and Africa Proconsularis in the late 150s and 160s.
Tilg, Stefan
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Apuleius, Metamorphosen – eine Eselei in der Schule?
PraxisForschungLehrer*innenBildung, 2023 Die Metamorphosen des Apuleius sind eines der wirkmächtigsten literarischen Werke der Antike und gehören zur Weltliteratur. Im Lateinunterricht der Schule werden sie bislang nicht gelesen.
Thomas Doepner
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Apuleiův Zlatý osel a antická literární tradice v umění rudolfínské doby
Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Philosophica et Historica, 2021 The study follows fortunes of the famous Ancient Roman novel and its impact on the visual arts in the early modern period. Special attention is paid to the Rudolphine art and to the distinctive transformation of the theme of Cupid and Psyche at the court
Pavla Savická
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La Psyché aux ailes d’ange d’une mosaïque d’Antioche
Journal of Mosaic Research, 2020 The aim of this article is to propose a new interpretation of a fragmentary mosaic pavement from Antioch depicting Psyche (Antakya, Mus. Hatay 892). Using the “Tale of Cupid and Psyche” in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses (IV, 28-VI, 24), we argue that Psyche is ...
Delphine LAURITZEN
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Cured Meats in Ancient and Byzantine Sources: Ham, Bacon and Tuccetum [PDF]
, 2014 The present study discusses the role of salt-cured meat in dietetics, medicine and gastronomy demonstrated mainly in ancient and Byzantine medical (Galen, Oribasius, Aetius of Amida, Anthimus, Alexander of Tralles and Paul of Aegina) and agronomic ...
Jagusiak, Krzysztof +2 more
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Aestimatio, 2023 : Apuleius’ De mundo pr. 1–3.4 is a loose paraphrase in Latin of the Περὶ κόσμου 391a1–392b14, a treatise once thought to be by Aristotle. By focusing on differences between these two works, I aim to develop some working hypotheses that situate the De ...
Alan C. Bowen
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La « malédiction » d’Apulée : une interprétation pragmatique et rhétorique
Argumentation et Analyse du Discours, 2014 In this paper, I discuss a controversial extract of Apuleius’ Apology (64, 1). This passage, where Apuleius seems to curse his adversary, has sometimes been interpreted as a blunder of the author, revealing his knowledge about magic.
Benoît Sans
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Les Métamorphoses d’Apulée : entre mondes grec et romain, un document pour l’historien ?
Cahiers d’Études Italiennes, 2022 Apuleius’s Metamorphoses seems to abound in realia: hence, historians can easily be tempted to include this text among the documents pertaining to the history of the Roman Empire during the second century A.D.
Anne-Florence Baroni +1 more
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