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Congetture alle Metamorfosi di Apuleio
2021
The aim of this paper is to cast new light on the textual constitution of some passages of Apuleius´ Metamorphoses. Ca. 40 pieces are discussed and for the most part of them a new solution is proposed; in the other cases I argue for a solution already proposed, bur not accepted by the editors.
Agrestis cum erudito: scenografie del discorso nell’Apologia di Apuleio
2017
In Apologia Apuleius’s speech shows a rich ‘geography’: private homes, shops, villas and inns are the ingredients of a rhetorical strategy aimed at emphasizing the cultural and ethical distance between accusation and defense. An important role is played by the topical contrast between the country and the city, used to make a strong impact on the public and on the judge and to dismantle and discredit 'a priori' the accusations. In Apologia, therefore, the places are not only the background to the trial but are also conceived as a scenery of the word and as a ‘visual’ instrument to outline the parties involved.