The Gleaming Pate of the Pastophorus

This chapter discusses four aspects of Lucius' complex identity, which have as yet received scant consideration or have been given one-sided readings by Apuleian scholars: (1) the religious symbolism inherent in the office of pastophorus , (2) the self-transformation of Lucius into a of sound for Osiris, (3) the resulting similarity with the image of Socrates in the Symposium , and (4) the singular body of the forensic orator, which has been transformed into an exhibit, while the orator's brilliance in the forum is commanded by Osiris. The reduction of personal attributes, obviously the intention behind shaving one's head, in exchange for the collective identity of a religious community, plays a prominent role in the chapter. Lucius is set apart from the pastophorus Asinius not only by his three-fold initiation and his subsequent accession to the board of the collegium , but also by his superior complexity as a bearer of signs. Keywords:Osiris; pastophorus; satyr play

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