Tunc ego in verba fidentior, "Heus tu," inquam
The thing about Apuleius is, saying "Dear Apuleius*, why are you such an ass? Love, Fiona" is completely pointless.
Besides which it's not even rhetorical.
*more accurately, "Dear Lucius, or speaker, or whoever scholarly people eventually decide you are".
Besides which it's not even rhetorical.
*more accurately, "Dear Lucius, or speaker, or whoever scholarly people eventually decide you are".