APULEIUS
Apuleius.
Born about 125 in Madaura, Numidia.
Died after 170, probably in Carthage.
Wikipedia: English,
French.
NOVEL
Metamorphoseon, sive Asinus aureus.
(Metamorphoses, or The Golden Ass).
Latin: Bussi (editio princeps, 1469);
• Asulanus (1521);
• Pisano (1522);
• Colvius (1588);
• Vulcanius (1594);
• Petri, I–VI and
VII–XI (1597);
• Harsy (1614);
• Elmenhorst (1621);
• Maire (1623);
• Price (1650);
• Fleury (1688);
• Oudendorp-Ruhnken (1786);
• Hildebrand (1842);
• Helm (1907, ed. 1955);
• Giarratano (1960).
English (complete): The Golden Ass (William Adlington, 1566, ed. 1893; see also
1923);
• The Metamorphoses, or Golden Ass (Thomas Taylor, 1822; expurgated passages are given at the end);
• The Metamorphoses: A Romance of the Second Century (George Head, 1851);
• The Metamorphoses, or Golden Ass (anonymous, 1853);
• The Golden Ass (Francis Byrne, 1904);
• The Metamorphoses, or Golden Ass, I–VI and
VII–XI (Harold Butler, 1910; expurgated);
• The Golden Ass (Stephen Gaselee, 1915, ed. 1924; revision of Adlington);
• The Golden Ass (Jack Lindsay, 1932, ed. 1960);
• The Transformations of Lucius, otherwise known as The Golden Ass (Robert Graves, 1950, ed. 1995; revised in 1990);
• Metamorphoses, I–VI and VII–XI (John Hanson, 1989);
• The Golden Ass (Peter Walsh, 1994, ed. 1995);
• The Golden Ass, or Metamorphoses (Edward Kenney, 1998, ed. 2004);
• The Golden Ass, or A Book of Changes (Joel Relihan, 2007);
The Golden Ass (Sarah Ruden, 2013).
English (story of Psyche): The Loves of Cupid and Psyche (John Lockman, 1744);
• The Fable of Cupid and Psyche (Thomas Taylor, 1795; complete translation of The Metamorphoses in 1822);
• The Birth of Pleasure: The Story of Cupid and Psyche (L. A. Osborn, 1867; adapted from the anonymous 1853 translation of the complete work);
• The Story of Cupid and Psyche (Walter Pater, 1885; in his novel
Marius the Epicurean);
• The Story of Cupid and Psyche (Charles Stuttaford, 1903).
French (complete): De l’Âne doré, autrement dit de la Couronne Cérès (Guillaume Michel, 1517);
• De l’Âne doré (Jean Louveau, 1553);
• Métamorphose, autrement l’Âne d’or (Georges de La Bouthière, 1553);
• L’Âne d’or, ou les Métamorphoses (Jean de Montlyard, 1602; see also
1623);
• Les Métamorphoses, ou l’Âne d’or, I–VI and
VII–XI (Compain de Saint-Martin, 1707);
• Métamorphoses, I–V and
VI–XI (Victor Bétolaud, 1835; unexpurgated; revised and expurgated in
1862);
• La Métamorphose (Théophile Savalette, 1842);
• L’Âne d’or, ou les Métamorphoses (Henri Clouard, 1932);
• Les Métamorphoses, I–III, IV–VI and VII–XI (Paul Valette, 1940–1945);
• Les Métamorphoses (Pierre Grimal, 1958; in Romans grecs et latins);
• Les Métamorphoses, ou l’Âne d’or (Olivier Sers, 2007).
French (story of Psyche): Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon (anonymous, 1692, ed. 1695);
• Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon (Claude-Ignace Brugière de Barante, 1719; see also
1802);
• Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon (Laurent Feuillet, 1809);
• Psyché (Victor Develay, 1873);
• Psyché (Antoine de Latour, 1879).
Book I.
Latin: Hildebrand.
English: 1853.
French: Bétolaud.
Book II.
Latin: Hildebrand.
English: 1853.
French: Bétolaud.
Book III.
Latin: Hildebrand.
English: 1853.
French: Bétolaud.
Book IV.
Latin: Hildebrand.
English: 1853.
French: Bétolaud.
Book V.
Latin: Hildebrand.
English: 1853.
French: Bétolaud.
Book VI.
Latin: Hildebrand.
English: 1853.
French: Bétolaud.
Book VII.
Latin: Hildebrand.
English: 1853.
French: Bétolaud.
Book VIII.
Latin: Hildebrand.
English: 1853.
French: Bétolaud.
Book IX.
Latin: Hildebrand.
English: 1853.
French: Bétolaud.
Book X.
Latin: Hildebrand.
English: 1853.
French: Bétolaud.
Book XI.
Latin: Hildebrand.
English: 1853.
French: Bétolaud.
SPEECHES
Apologia.
Latin: Bussi (editio princeps, 1469);
• Asulanus (1521);
• Pisano (1522);
• Colvius (1588);
• Vulcanius (1594);
• Casaubon (1594);
• Petri (1597);
• Harsy (1614);
• Elmenhorst (1621);
• Maire (1623);
• Price (1635);
• Fleury (1688);
• Oudendorp-Bosscha (1823);
• Hildebrand (1842);
• Butler-Owen (1914);
• Helm (1905, ed. 1959).
English: The Defense of Apuleius: A Discourse on Magic (anonymous, 1853);
• The Apologia (Harold Butler, 1909);
• Apology (Vincent Hunink, 2001);
• Apologia (Christopher Jones, 2017).
French: Apologie (Victor Bétolaud, 1838; revised in
1862);
• Apologie (Alphonse Aulard, 1842);
• Apologie (Paul Valette, 1924);
• Apologie (Henri Clouard, 1932).
Florida.
Latin: Bussi (editio princeps, 1469);
• Asulanus (1521);
• Pisano (1522);
• Colvius (1588);
• Vulcanius (1594);
• Petri (1597);
• Harsy (1614);
• Elmenhorst (1621);
• Maire (1623);
• Fleury (1688);
• Oudendorp-Bosscha (1823);
• Hildebrand (1842);
• Helm (1910, ed. 1959).
English: The Florida, 1–22 (anonymous, 1853);
• The Florida, 1–23 (Harold Butler, 1909);
• Florida (John Hilton, 2001);
• Florida (Christopher Jones, 2017).
French: Florides, 1–22 (Victor Bétolaud, 1836; revised in
1862);
• Les Florides, 1–22 (Alphonse Aulard, 1842);
• Florides (Paul Valette, 1924);
• Les Florides (Henri Clouard, 1932).
False preface to De deo Socratis.
Incipit: “Qui me voluistis dicere ex tempore”. Fragments appearing in the manuscripts as the introduction of De deo Socratis, but most likely belonging to the Florida.
Latin: Bussi (editio princeps, 1469);
• Asulanus (1521);
• Pisano (1522);
• Colvius (1588);
• Vulcanius (1594);
• Petri (1597);
• Harsy (1614);
• Elmenhorst (1621);
• Maire (1623);
• Fleury (1688);
• Oudendorp-Bosscha (1823);
• Hildebrand (1842);
• Goldbacher (1876);
• Thomas (1908, ed. 1970);
• Moreschini (1991).
English: The Florida, 23–24 (anonymous, 1853);
• The Florida, 24–26 (Harold Butler, 1909).
French: Florides, 23–24 (Victor Bétolaud, 1836; revised in
1862);
• Les Florides, 23–24 (Alphonse Aulard, 1842);
• Fragments, 1–5 (Jean Beaujeu, 1973).
TREATISES
De deo Socratis.
(On the God of Socrates).
Incipit: “Plato omnem naturam rerum”.
Latin: Bussi (editio princeps, 1469; from line 1);
• Asulanus (1521; from line 7);
• Pisano (1522; from line 3);
• Colvius (1588; from line 28);
• Vulcanius (1594; from line 30);
• Petri (1597; from line 30);
• Harsy (1614; from line 23);
• Elmenhorst (1621);
• Maire (1623);
• Fleury (1688);
• Oudendorp-Bosscha (1823);
• Hildebrand (1842);
• Goldbacher (1876);
• Thomas (1908, ed. 1970);
• Moreschini (1991).
English: On the God of Socrates (Thomas Taylor, 1822);
• On the God of Socrates (anonymous, 1853);
• On the God of Socrates (Stephen Harrison, 2001);
• On Socrates’ God (Christopher Jones, 2017).
French: De l’Esprit familier de Socrate (Jacques Des Coutures, 1698; preceded with the last fragment of the false preface);
• Du Démon ou esprit familier de Socrate (Compain de Saint-Martin, 1707);
• Du Dieu de Socrate (Victor Bétolaud, 1836; revised in
1862);
• Traité du dieu de Socrate (Alphonse Aulard, 1842);
• Du Démon de Socrate (Henri Clouard, 1932);
• Du Dieu de Socrate (Jean Beaujeu, 1973).
De dogmate Platonis.
(On the Philosophy of Plato).
Latin: Bussi (editio princeps, 1469);
• Asulanus, I and
II (1521);
• Pisano, I and
II (1522);
• Colvius (1588);
• Vulcanius (1594);
• Petri (1597);
• Harsy (1614);
• Elmenhorst (1621);
• Maire (1623);
• Fleury (1688);
• Oudendorp-Bosscha (1823);
• Hildebrand (1842);
• Goldbacher (1876);
• Thomas (1908, ed. 1970);
• Moreschini (1991).
English: On the Habitude of the Doctrines of the Philosophy of Plato (Thomas Taylor, 1822).
French: De la Doctrine de Platon (Victor Bétolaud, 1836; revised in
1862);
• De la Doctrine de Platon (Alphonse Aulard, 1842);
• Du Système de Platon (Henri Clouard, 1932);
• Platon et sa doctrine (Jean Beaujeu, 1973).
Book I: On Natural Philosophy.
Latin: Goldbacher.
English: Taylor.
French: Bétolaud.
Book II: On Moral Philosophy.
Latin: Goldbacher.
English: Taylor.
French: Bétolaud.
Περὶ ἑρµηνείας, sive De syllogismo categorico.
(Peri hermêneias / On Interpretation, or On the Categorical Syllogism).
Doubtful attribution. Regarded by some as the third book of De dogmate Platonis.
Latin: Colvius (editio princeps, 1588);
• Vulcanius (1594);
• Petri (1597);
• Harsy (1614; incomplete);
• Elmenhorst (1621);
• Maire (1623);
• Fleury (1688);
• Oudendorp-Bosscha (1823);
• Hildebrand (1842);
• Thomas (1908, ed. 1970);
• Moreschini (1991).
English: On Interpretation, or Concerning the Categoric Syllogism (Thomas Taylor, 1822);
• Peri Hermeneias (David Londey and Carmen Johanson, 1987; in The Logic of Apuleius).
French: Philosophie appliquée au raisonnement (Victor Bétolaud, 1836; revised in
1862);
• De la Logique (Alphonse Aulard, 1842; mistitled);
• Logique (Henri Clouard, 1932).
TRANSLATIONS
Cosmographia, sive De mundo.
(On the Universe.)
Latin translation of the Greek treatise Περὶ κόσμου by Pseudo-Aristotle.
Latin: Bussi (editio princeps, 1469);
• Asulanus (1521);
• Pisano (1522);
• Colvius (1588);
• Vulcanius (1594);
• Petri (1597);
• Harsy (1614);
• Elmenhorst (1621);
• Maire (1623);
• Fleury (1688);
• Oudendorp-Bosscha (1823);
• Hildebrand (1842);
• Goldbacher (1876);
• Thomas (1908, ed. 1970);
• Moreschini (1991).
French: Du Monde (Victor Bétolaud, 1836; revised in
1862);
• Traité du Monde (Alphonse Aulard, 1842);
• Le Monde (Henri Clouard, 1932);
• Du Monde (Jean Beaujeu, 1973).
Asclepius.
Latin translation of the Greek treatise Λόγος τέλειος. Spurious attribution.
Latin: Bussi (editio princeps, 1469);
• Asulanus (1521);
• Pisano (1522);
• Vulcanius (1594);
• Petri (1597);
• Harsy (1614);
• Elmenhorst (1621);
• Hildebrand (1842);
• Goldbacher (1876);
• Thomas (1908, ed. 1970);
• Moreschini (1991).
English: The Perfect Sermon, or the Asclepius (George Mead, 1906);
• Asclepius (Brian Copenhaver, 1992).
French: Discours d’intiation, ou Asclèpios (Louis Ménard, 1866);
• Asclepius (André-Jean Festugière, 1945).
MISCELLANEA
Ἀνεχόμενος ex Menandro.
Doubtful attribution. Verse translation of a passage from Menander’s Anekhomenos.
Latin: Binet (editio princeps, 1579);
• Colvius (1588);
• Vulcanius (1594);
• Elmenhorst (1621);
• Maire (1623);
• Fleury (1688);
• Oudendorp-Bosscha (1823);
• Hildebrand (1842).
French: Je ne puis plus aimer (Victor Bétolaud, 1838; translation removed in
1862);
• Le Résigné (Jean Beaujeu, 1973).
Fragmenta.
Latin: Colvius (1588);
• Vulcanius (1594);
• Petri (1597);
• Fleury (1688);
• Oudendorp-Bosscha (1823);
• Hildebrand (1842).
French: Fragments (Victor Bétolaud, 1838; revised in
1862);
• Autres fragments (Jean Beaujeu, 1973).
Herbarium.
Latin translation of a Greek original. Spurious attribution.
Latin: Petri (1597);
• Harsy (1614).
Created on 24 September 2020. Updated on 31 December 2021.
