Open AccessContos de magia, sedução e monstruosidades nos romances Satyricon de Petrônio e Metamorphoseon de Apuleio
Author(s) -
Sandra Maria Gualberto Braga Bianchet
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nuntius antiquus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2179-7064
pISSN - 1983-3636
DOI - 10.17851/1983-3636.6.0.89-96
Subject(s) - font , magic (telescope) , humanities , art , physics , visual arts , quantum mechanics
ABSTRACT: The aim of the present paper is analysing the strategy of embedding erotic and fantastic short narratives in Petronius’ Satyricon and in Apuleius’ Metamorphoseon . The function of those stories of magic and seduction in narrative composition, it is propposed, is a way of keeping the readers’ attention to the central story, although it deviates from it directly. KEYWORDS: latin novel; Satyricon ; Apuleius; Petronius; fabulamilesiana.