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Apuleius. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
THE APOLOGIA
THE FLORIDA
The exordium to a discourse delivered in a town through which. Apuleius passes in the course of a journey
Man's sight compared with that of the eagle
The story of Marsyas and his challenge to Apollo
The piper Antigenidas
Fragment from the opening of a discourse delivered. in a theatre
India and the Gymnosophists
On Alexander and false philosophers
A eulogy of the proconsul of Africa
A defence of himself against his critics and. a laudation of the proconsul Severianus
On Providence and its marvels
A comparison between those who lack wealth and. those who lack virtue
On the Parrot
A comparison between the eloquence of the philosopher. and the song of birds
On Crates the Cynic
Of the isle of Samos and Pythagoras
An oration of thanks to Aemilianus Strabo and the senate. of Carthage for decreeing a statue in his honour
Fragment of a panegyric on Scipio Orfitus
A discourse pronounced before the Carthaginians, incidentally treating of Thales and Protagoras
A story of the physician Asclepiades
A panegyric on his own talents
An excuse for delay caused by social duties
On the Virtues of Crates
On the uncertainty of fortune
An improvisation
The fable of the fox and the crow
A transition from Greek to Latin
NOTES
THE APOLOGIA
THE FLORIDA
FOOTNOTES
