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The Metamorphoses Or Golden Ass of Apuleius of Madaura Translated By H. E. Butler Fellow of New College
Author: The Metamorphoses
Author: ApuleiusThe Metamorphoses
Author: ApuleiusThe Golden Ass
Author: ApuleiusPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014190450X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
Written towards the end of the second century AD, The Golden Ass tells the story of the many adventures of a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to be transformed into a donkey. The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner - encountering a desperate gang of robbers and being forced to perform lewd 'human' tricks on stage - until the Goddess Isis finally breaks the spell and Lucius is initiated into her cult. Apuleius' enchanting story has inspired generations of writers such as Boccaccio, Shakespeare, Cervantes and Keats with its dazzling combination of allegory, satire, bawdiness and sheer exuberance, and remains the most continuously and accessibly amusing book to have survived from Classical antiquity.
The Metamorphoses Or Golden Ass of Apuleius of Madaura. Translated by H.E. Butler
Author: Apuleius (Madaurensis)The Metamorphoses
Author: H. E. ButlerPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9780469104006
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
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The Golden Ass
Author: ApuleiusThe Golden Ass
Author: Lucius ApuleiusPublisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3736804644
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
The Golden Ass is the only Ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel is called Lucius, like the author. At the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from Madaurus, the hometown of Apuleius himself. The plot revolves around the protagonist's curiosity (curiositas) and insatiable desire to see and practice magic. While trying to perform a spell to transform into a bird, he is accidentally transformed into an ass. This leads to a long journey, literal and metaphorical, filled with in-set tales. He finally finds salvation through the intervention of the goddess Isis, whose cult he joins.
Author: Apuleius
Author: Apuleius