Metamorphoses

Apuleius

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THERE ARE NO TARIFFS OR CUSTOMS DUTIES ON BOOKS. Number 44 in the Loeb Classical Library, with the original Latin on the left hand page and English translation on the right. 2001 reprint of an edition first published in 1989In the Metamorphoses of Apuleius, also known as The Golden Ass, we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful romance combining realism and magic.The hero, Lucius, eager to experience the sensations of a bird, resorts to witchcraft but by an unfortunate pharmaceutical error finds himself transformed into an ass. He knows he can revert to his own body by eating rose-petals, but these prove singularly elusive; and the bulk of the work describes his adventures as an animal. He also retails many stories that he overheard, the most charming being that of Cupid and Psyche (beginning, in true fairy-tale fashion, 'Erant in quadam civitate rex et regina'). Some of the stories are as indecent as they are witty, and two in the ninth.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Metamorphoses
• Publisher: 06749990498
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good