Abstract:

Why does Apuleius reference Pythagoras at the opening of the Metamorphoses' final book? Drawing on Pythagoreanism's importance to Plutarch and Apuleius, I suggest that Pythagoras signals Book 11's overarching theme and tone. Thematically, Apuleius uses Pythagorean metempsychosis to connect Lucius' quest for recognition as a human in asinine "form" (figura) with his later inability to access Isiac wisdom hidden by hieroglyphic animal "characters" (figurae). Tonally, Apuleius builds on the ambiguity of parody and sincerity in Pythagoras' speech in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Couched in a set of Egyptian and Pythagorean topoi, Lucius' reinterpretation of his metamorphic adventures hovers between profundity and absurdity.

摘要：

为什么Apuleius在《变形记》最后一本书的开头引用毕达哥拉斯？利用毕达哥拉斯主义对Plutarch和Apuleius的重要性，我建议毕达哥拉斯预示着Book 11的总体主题和基调。从主题上讲，Apuleius利用毕达哥拉斯（Pythagorean）的冥想精神病将卢修斯（Lucius）寻求被认可为人的“精氨酸”形式（Figura）与后来无法获得象形文字动物“人物”（Figurae）所隐藏的Isiac智慧联系起来。通常，Apuleius建立在Ovid的《变形记》中毕达哥拉斯演讲中的模仿和真诚模棱两可的基础上。搭配埃及和毕达哥拉斯拓扑结构，卢修斯（Lucius）对他的变态冒险的重新诠释徘徊在深刻与荒诞之间。