A young man dabbling in Thessalian witchcraft is turned into a donkey and passes from owner to owner — bandits, a baker's wife, a market gardener — hearing everything humans say in front of an animal, until a goddess takes pity. Apuleius was himself tried for using magic to win a rich widow, and won the case; the tale of Cupid and Psyche sits at the centre of the only Latin novel to survive entire.

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 writer...

Finally The New Revised Edition is Available!The story follows Lucius, a young man of good birth, as he disports himself in the cities and along the roads of Thessaly. This is a wonderful tale abounding in lusty incident, curious adventure and bawdy wit.

The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius, which St. Augustine referred to as The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus), is the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety.The protagonist of the novel may in fact be the author himself. His first name is revealed to be Lucius; at the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from Madaurus, the hometown of Apuleius himself. The identification of the protagonist as Lucius of Madaurus has led some scholars to posit that the narrator and the author are one and th...

"Cupid and Psyche" first appears in a early, risqué novel by an African Roman of the 2nd century CE. His name was Lucius Apuleius, known as Africanus. His novel is thought to give us inside details of the workings of ancient mystery rites, as well as this charming romantic story of love between a mortal and a god.The myth of Cupid and Psyche is one of the great love stories of the ancient world and it even has a happy ending. It's also a myth in which a heroine must prove her mettl...

Cupid and Psyche is a story from the Latin novel Metamorphoses, also known as The Golden Ass, written in the 2nd century AD by Apuleius. It concerns the overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche ("Soul" or "Breath of Life") and Cupid ("Desire"), and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage.

The story follows Lucius, a young man of good birth, as he disports himself in the cities and along the roads of Thessaly. This is a wonderful tale abounding in lusty incident, curious adventure and bawdy wit.

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names- What's Bred in the Bone [Grant Allen]- The Golden Ass [Lucius Apuleius]- Meditations [Marcus Aurelius]- Northanger Abbey [Jane Austen]- Lady Susan par [Jane Austen]- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [Lyman Frank Baum]- The Art of Public Speaking [Dale Breckenridge Carnegie]- The Blazing World [Margaret Cavendish]- The Wisdom of Father Brown [Gilber...

The story follows Lucius, a young man of good birth, as he disports himself in the cities and along the roads of Thessaly. This is a wonderful tale abounding in lusty incident, curious adventure and bawdy wit.

THE legend of Cupid and Psyche has been the subject of a learned work by Rohde, called Psyche; it has been examined by W. A. Clouston in his Popular Tales and Fictions (i. 205), and in a lighter vein by A. Lang in Custom and Myth, and in his preface to the reprint of Adlington's version. It would be out of place to deal with the matter at any length here; but the salient points may be indicated. Whilst the tale as a whole is essentially Greek in its delicacy and charm, nor can a like seque...

The Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which Augustine of Hippo referred to as The Golden Ass, is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel is called Lucius. At the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from Madaurus, the hometown of Apuleius himself

“Think of Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty, throw in generous helpings of humor, sex, and magic, and you might get a rough idea of what The Golden Ass is like.” —Peter SingerPeter Singer and Ellen Finkelpearl breathe new life into Apuleius’s The Golden Ass—a hilarious, bawdy tale and one of the earliest novels—accentuating its remarkable empathy for animals.Conceived at the zenith of the Roman Empire, Apuleius’s The...