Lucius Apuleius

The Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived in its entirety. It tells the story of Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic result in his transformation into an ass. After suffering a series of trials and humiliations, he is ultimately transformed back into human shape by the kindness of the Goddess Isis. This new translation is at once faithful to the meaning of the Latin, whilst reproducing all the exuberant gaiety of the original.

The Golden Ass

Golden Ass (Midland Books No 36)

lala

I have to admit that I read this for the sole purpose of writing my weekly mythology thread, #MingguMitologi. I read this to write the story of Cupid (Eros) and Psyche. Apuleius is a Roman writer, so he uses Roman names, but I prefer Greek names. The Golden Ass containing diverse stories from parable to a love story is probably one of the easier reads from Greek/Roman classics. I say this because I think Apuleius writes in a very direct manner without too many difficult figure of speech and metaphors. This does not discount the beauty of his stories though. I managed to read significant portion of it in a short amount of time, and bonus point: it's available for free online! I'd say this is not a must read for someone who doesn't really read Roman/Greek classics, but it was interesting nonetheless.

Andrew John Kinney

I read this several years ago. The main interest to me were the descriptions of daily Roman life that were incidentally included in the tale.

dana

”It is a difficult matter to keep love imprisoned.”

Jessica Guht

Second time trying this book and i still couldn't finish it. Just does not interest me.

Gabriela Roxana 

3,5

I'll always be a Latin worshipper in my heart. Savuros and comical, it totally brightened my day and it left me wanting to read more Latin signed works.

After Lucius is transformed into an ass because of his curiosity and fascination for sex and magic, he suffers a series of trials and humiliations before being transformed back into human shape by the kindness of Isis.

The Golden Ass

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