The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura

Apuleius of Madaura · c. 158–161 CE (composed after the Oea trial; includes the Apologia and related Florida orations, with the Florida pieces composed across the 160s) primary

passage 118 of 141 · CHAPTER 1. *Claudius Maximus*, proconsul of Africa, is spoken of as having succeeded Lollianus Avitus. Lollianus Avitus was consul in 144

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Catullus, sc. xxxix. 17-21.

Lacedaemonian, sc. Alcman, circa 650 B.C.

Cean, sc. Simonides, circa 520 B.C.

Lesbian, sc. Sappho, circa 600 B.C.

Aedituus, Porcius, Catulus, erotic epigrammatists of the Republican period, 130-100 B.C. The latter was Marius' colleague in the Cimbrian wars.

Solon. The line ascribed to Solon is almost too gross in the original to be genuine.

Diogenes, the founder of the Cynic school (died 324 B.C.), wrote 'concerning marriage and the begetting of children' in an erotic fashion. Diog. Laert. vi. 2. 12.

Zeno of Citium, founder of the Stoic school (died 264 B.C.), wrote an 'art of love'. Diog. Laert. vii. 21. 29.

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