Invisible Slaves, Visible Lamps
A Metaphor in Apuleius
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9340249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sonia Sabnis (0000-0002-4783-1755, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-108 |
| Publication date | 2012-02-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Arethusa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-0975 • E-ISSN: 1080-6504 |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/are.2012.0003 |
| OpenAlex | W2106535971 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 17 |
The lamps in Apuleius’s Metamorphoses are symbols of slaves, providing voiceless yet observant, even omniscient, assistance to their masters. In the realms of magic, eros, and cult initiation, these lamps illustrate various ideals and functions of slaves while elucidating the types of slavery endured in the master narrative. The use of lamps exposes and confirms widespread belief in the special knowledge of slaves as well as the anxiety that this knowledge might compromise their masters’ prestige. Also clear are the ways in which slaves were treated as surrogates for their masters, and the problems resulting from the disruption of this relation
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Compromise · Cult · Linguistics · Literature · MAGIC (telescope · Metaphor · Narrative · Prestige · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Organic Chemistry Synthesis Methods · Philosophy
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Animalizing the Slave
Vision and Light in Apuleius’ Tale of Psyche and her Mysterious Husband
Lucian's Lychnopolis and the Problems of Slave Surveillance
Slavery and Social Death
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Slaves, Masters, and the Art of Authority in Plautine Comedy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |