Florida ( lat. Florida ) - a collection ( flower garden ) with fragments of 23 speeches of Apuleius . According to the names of some proconsuls mentioned in speeches, speeches were written in the period 150-170 AD. e. and pronounced at different times in front of the Senate and the comitia of the Roman province of Africa in the capital of the province of Carthage .
| Florida | |
|---|---|
| lat Florida | |
 The ruins of Carthage , which delivered speeches from Florida. | |
| Genre | collection ( flower garden ) of fragments of various speeches |
| Author | Apuley |
| Original language | Latin |
| Date of writing | 150-170 n. e. |
Composition and significance of the collection
Probably, initially “Florida” contained only whole speeches, since the handwritten tradition divides them into four books ( scrolls ), while the surviving text barely exceeds one book. At an unknown time, a fan of Apuleius selected 23 passages that are currently known. The selection was made purely stylistically, there is no semantic connection between the passages. Moreover, some of them begin or end in the middle of a phrase. Common to the entire text is the sophistication and refinement of the style, characteristic of the second sophistry and especially for Apuleius. In addition, “Florida is a mirror of the public and literary manners of that era, its ideas, moods and joys ” [1] .
Notes
- ↑ M.E. Grabar-Passek. Apuley // Apology • Metamorphoses • Florida. - M .: USSR Academy of Sciences, 1960 .-- S. 365.
Literature
- Apology • Metamorphoses • Florida / Ed. ed. M.E. Grabar-Passek . - M .: USSR Academy of Sciences, 1960.