The Golden Ass (The Metamorphoses of Apuleius)
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The Golden Ass (The Metamorphoses of Apuleius)

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Golden Ass (The Metamorphoses of Apuleius)

About this book

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Golden Ass (The Metamorphoses of Apuleius)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Apuleius (c. 125-c. 180) was a student of Platonist philosophy and Latin prose writer who produced the novel "Metamorphoses", more popularly known as "The Golden Ass". This work is the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety. Adapted from an earlier Greek story, "The Golden Ass" tells of the adventures of Lucius, a young man who is obsessed with magic. In attempting to perform a spell, Lucius inadvertently transforms himself into an ass. His long and arduous journey is ornately illustrated by Apuleius' witty, imaginative, and often explicit language, in a series of subplots that carry the reader through to Lucius' salvation by the goddess Isis. These include the stories of Cupid and Psyche, Aristomenes, Thelyphron and others. The novel reflects Apuleius' own fascination with magic and the occult, and although comical at times, contains very serious messages about impiety towards the gods, and the risks of tampering with the supernatural.

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Information

Publisher
e-artnow
Year
2013
eBook ISBN
9788074842986

Table of contents

  1. The Golden Ass
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Dedication
  4. The Life of Lucius Apuleius Briefly Described
  5. The Preface of the Author To His Sonne, Faustinus
  6. THE FIRST BOOKE
  7. THE SECOND BOOKE
  8. THE THIRD BOOKE
  9. THE FOURTH BOOKE
  10. THE MARRIAGE OF CUPID AND PSYCHES
  11. THE SIXTH BOOKE
  12. THE SEVENTH BOOKE
  13. THE EIGHTH BOOKE
  14. THE NINTH BOOKE
  15. THE TENTH BOOKE
  16. THE ELEVENTH BOOKE