lost Greek Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae

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The lost Greek Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae was an ancient prose narrative, likely a Milesian-style collection of erotic and fantastic tales, that served as the principal model for Apuleius’ Latin Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass).

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lost Greek Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Milesian-style tale collection ⓘ
ancient Greek novel ⓘ
lost ancient Greek prose work ⓘ
associatedPlace Patrae ⓘ
author Lucius of Patrae ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
culturalContext Greco-Roman imperial period ⓘ
currentCondition completely lost except for testimonia ⓘ
evidenceForExistence testimonies of later ancient authors ⓘ
genre erotic fiction ⓘ
fantastic literature ⓘ
prose narrative ⓘ
influenceOn Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
The Golden Ass ⓘ
knownFrom indirect references and summaries ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm Milesian tales ⓘ
literaryRelation source text for Apuleius’ Metamorphoses ⓘ
literarySignificance important precursor of the Latin novel ⓘ
key witness for development of ancient prose fiction (indirectly) ⓘ
literaryTradition ancient Greek novelistic tradition ⓘ
narrativeMode episodic tale collection ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
plotDevice magical transformation into an animal (reconstructed) ⓘ
possibleRelationTo Onos (pseudo-Lucian) as alternative Greek ass-story version ⓘ
principalModelFor Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
The Golden Ass ⓘ
protagonistName Lucius ⓘ
relatedTo Milesian Tales by Aristides of Miletus ⓘ
relatedWork Onos (pseudo-Lucian) ⓘ
linked to: Lucian of Samosata
scholarlyDebate extent of Apuleius’ dependence on Greek original ⓘ
scholarlyReconstructionBasedOn comparison with Apuleius’ Metamorphoses ⓘ
setting Greek-speaking eastern Mediterranean (reconstructed) ⓘ
sharesProtagonistWith Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
sharesTitleWith Metamorphoses by Apuleius ⓘ
status lost work ⓘ
subjectMatter transformations and adventures of Lucius ⓘ
survival no complete manuscript extant ⓘ
theme comic mishaps ⓘ
magic and transformation ⓘ
sexual adventures ⓘ
travel and wandering ⓘ
timeOfComposition probably 1st or 2nd century CE ⓘ
titleLanguage Greek ⓘ
workStatus known only through secondary evidence ⓘ

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Metamorphoses by Apuleius → basedOn → lost Greek Metamorphoses by Lucius of Patrae ⓘ