Abstract
The story of the baker’s wife and her confidante in Met. IX 14 is, in part, a hostile depiction of the Christian Eucharist as being administered in private houses by deacons. It is here argued that examination of Apuleius’ use of sources and of the general argument of The Golden Ass indicates a polemical reference to Christianity in this passage and its portrait of exclusive monotheism, and that a comparison with Justin Martyr identifies the specific rite.
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