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THE GOLDEN

THE GOLDEN. A The DYT Production. ASS. The Golden Ass of Apuleius. first complete novel in the Western world written by an African – Apuleius of Madaurus modern-day Algeria; most likely a Berber CULTURAL COMPETENCE - DIVERSITY ancient Romans were practically color-blind

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THE GOLDEN

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  1. THE GOLDEN A The DYT Production ASS

  2. The Golden Ass of Apuleius • first complete novel in the Western world • written by an African – Apuleius of Madaurus • modern-day Algeria; most likely a Berber • CULTURAL COMPETENCE - DIVERSITY • ancient Romans were practically color-blind • slaves and emperors could be of ANY ethnicity • Apuleius was a proud Roman citizen • also a lawyer, magician, independent scholar, author • actually entitled “Metamorphoses” • better known because of its hero Ass-Lucius • Incidentally a big honking katabasis story

  3. The SPQRoman World ca. 150 AD

  4. The Golden Ass as katabasis • Lucius begins as a college-age kid • curious but about all the wrong things • turned into an Ass for his curiosity • Ass’s eye view of the world = symbolic hell • gets CULTURAL COMPETENCE as an Ass • going into the Cave is a katabasis • Cupid and Psyche = katabasis within a katabasis • Lucius resolves to be less of an Ass in his real life • finally manages to de-assify himself • De-assified Lucius becomes a priest of Isis • shows COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

  5. The Assification of Lucius • Lucius – traveling on business and for education • stays with family friends in Hypata (Thessaly) • family friend’s wife Pamphile is an evil witch • Lucius wants to fly like an eagle, to the sea • Lucius “befriends” slave girl Fotis “Light” • thinks he is going to turn into a bird • turned into an Ass instead • the real world is the scene of Ass-Lucius’s katabasis • Ass-Lucius gets CULTURAL COMPETENCE • sees the world as everyday people see it

  6. Isis as archetype of Great Goddess • Ancient Egyptians - ancient to Greex and Romans • Isis and Osiris divine royal couple of Ancient Egypt • Osiris – king of dead – originally more important • Isis became more important to Greex and Romans • combination of ALL goddesses – archetype • sometimes known as the Great Goddess • Ishtar, Aphrodite, Venus, Cybele, Madonna (etc) • CULTURAL COMPETENCE - DIVERSITY • Romans were tolerant of almost all other religions • Greex and Romans alike assimilated Egyptian stuff

  7. The Ancient Greek Sphinx

  8. The Ancient Egyptian Sphinx

  9. Setting of Cupid and Psyche • Ass-Lucius and his owners are kidnapped • forced into a deep cave by the robbers • shout-out to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave • old woman begins to tell story (wisdom figure) • Female wisdom figures = Anticleia, Siduri • Cupid and Psyche = allegory • Cupid – Latin cupido, “lust” • Psyche – Greek ψυχή, “soul” • Voluptas – Latin voluptas, “pleasure” (best sense)

  10. Allegory of the Cave • Allegory = characters stand for ideas • Plato’s allegory is in Republic Book 7 • Socrates, Plato, Aristophanes, hemlock • Smartest man in the world • Dialogues reconstructed by Plato • Republic as ultimate PUBLIC AFFAIRS text • How do we best rule a country • Allegory of the cave = knowledge and reality • Human existence is just a big katabasis

  11. Allegory of the Cave

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