The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura

Publisher Marketing: Apuleius was a Latin prose writer. He as Numidian Berber, from Madaurus(now M'Daourouch, Algeria). He studied Platonist philosophy in Athens; travelled to Italy, Asia Minor and Egypt; and was an initiate in several cults or mysteries. The most famous incident in his life was when he was accused of using magic to gain the attentions (and fortune) of a wealthy widow. He declaimed and then distributed a witty tour de force in his own defense before the proconsul and a court of magistrates convened in Sabratha, near Tripoli. This is known as the Apologia. -wikipedia Contributor Bio:  Apuleius, Lucius Apuleius, born to a well-to-do family in the North African Roman colony of Numidia, was educated in Carthage and Athens, where he was initiated into the mysteries of the golddess Isis.