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Book The Golden Ass

    Book Details:
  • Author : M. D. Usher
  • Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 1567924182
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by M. D. Usher and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2011 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucius Apuleius, a young nobleman fascinated by magic, accidentally turns himself into an ass and then sets out on a journey that reveals to him the conditions of peasants and slaves in and around Thessaly and leads him to find redemption as a follower of Isis and Osiris.

Book The Transformations of Lucius

Download or read book The Transformations of Lucius written by Apuleius and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1951 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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." -- Google Books viewed January 11, 2021.

Book The Golden Ass

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  • Author : Apuleius
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 1998-05-28
  • ISBN : 014190450X
  • Pages : 485 pages

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Apuleius and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1998-05-28 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book Cupid and Psyche

    Book Details:
  • Author : Apuleius
  • Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
  • Release : 2021-11-07
  • ISBN : 3986774955
  • Pages : 45 pages

Download or read book Cupid and Psyche written by Apuleius and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-11-07 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cupid and Psyche Apuleius - 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.

Book The Golden Ass

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Apuleius and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Golden Ass

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  • Author : Robert Graves
  • Publisher : RosettaBooks
  • Release : 2014-03-06
  • ISBN : 0795336756
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Robert Graves and published by RosettaBooks. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated from the Latin by the poet and author of I, Claudius, this ancient Roman novel follows the many adventures of a man who transforms into an ass. Driven by his all-consuming curiosity, a young man of good parentage named Lucius Apuleius takes a trip to Thessaly. Along the way, amidst a series of bizarre adventures, he inadvertently offends a priestess of the White Goddess, who promptly turns him into an ass. How Lucius responds to his new misfortune, and ultimately finds a way to become human again, makes for a funny and fascinating tale. The Metamorphosis of Apuleius, referred to by St. Augustine as The Golden Ass, is the oldest novel written in Latin to survive in its entirety. Originally written by Lucius of Patrae, this translation by Robert Graves highlights the ribald humor and vivid sense of adventure present in the original. Providing a rare window into the daily lives of regular people in ancient Greece, Robert Graves’s translation of this classic tale is at once hilarious, informative, and captivating.

Book The Golden Ass

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  • Author : Lucius Apuleius
  • Publisher : DigiCat
  • Release : 2022-11-13
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 242 pages

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Lucius Apuleius and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Book The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius

Download or read book The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius written by Apuleius and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Golden Ass

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  • Author : Lucio Apuleyo
  • Publisher : Lebooks Editora
  • Release : 2024-06-10
  • ISBN : 6558942461
  • Pages : 293 pages

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Lucio Apuleyo and published by Lebooks Editora. This book was released on 2024-06-10 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is probably the oldest complete text you will have the opportunity to read. "The Golden Ass" is the only novel that has survived intact from the time of the Roman Empire. It was written by Lucius Apuleius in the 2nd century AD and tells the adventures and troubles faced by the protagonist, also named Lucius, who at a certain point in the story is transformed into a donkey and experiences extraordinary situations, including some of a sexual nature. As is common in many ancient texts, the main story is interrupted to include several short tales, the most famous of which is "Cupid and Psyche." "The Golden Ass" has been a source of inspiration for numerous classic writers such as Boccaccio, Cervantes, and Shakespeare, and is part of the renowned collection "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die."

Book The Golden Ass of Apuleius

Download or read book The Golden Ass of Apuleius written by Marie-Louise von Franz and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Today there is much discussion of the liberation of women," writes Marie-Louise von Franz, "but it is sometimes overlooked that this can only succeed if there is a change in men as well. Just as women have to overcome the patriarchal tyrant in their own souls, men have to liberate and differentiate their inner femininity. Only then will a better relationship of the sexes be possible." It is this timely theme that Dr. von Franz explores in her psychological study of a classic work of the second century, The Golden Ass by Apuleius of Madaura. The novel recounts the adventures of a young Roman who is transformed into an ass and eventually finds spiritual renewal through initiation into the Isis mysteries. With its many tales within a tale (including the celebrated story of Psyche and Eros), the text as interpreted by Dr. von Franz is a rich source of insights, anecdotes, and scholarly amplification.

Book Aspects of Apuleius  Golden Ass

Download or read book Aspects of Apuleius Golden Ass written by W.H. Keulen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-12-23 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributions to this volume on the Isis Book reassess current interpretations, highlight aspects of text, language, and style, and develop new lines of approach regarding the interpretation of this fascinating many-layered text, the last book of Apuleius’ famous novel.

Book     The Golden Ass

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  • Author : Apuleius
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1947
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 654 pages

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Apuleius and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Golden Ass

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  • Author : Apuleius
  • Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
  • Release : 2019-07-30
  • ISBN : 9781318654093
  • Pages : 656 pages

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Apuleius and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

Book The Golden Ass

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  • Author : Apuleius
  • Publisher : Hackett Publishing
  • Release : 2007-09-15
  • ISBN : 160384032X
  • Pages : 325 pages

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Apuleius and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2007-09-15 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relihan uses alliteration and assonance, rhythm and rhyme, the occasional archaism, the rare neologism, and devices of punctuation and typography, to create a sparkling, luxurious, and readable translation that reproduces something of the linguistic and comic effects of the original Latin. The general Introduction is a masterpiece of clarity, orienting the reader in matters of authorship, narration, genre, religion, structure and style. A generous and browsable index, select bibliography, and maps are included.

Book The Golden Ass

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  • Author : Apuleius (Madaurensis.)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1935
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Apuleius (Madaurensis.) and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Golden Ass

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  • Author : Apuleius, Lucius
  • Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
  • Release : 2021-01-01
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 211 pages

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Apuleius, Lucius and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First recovered and published in the yaer 1997, the present novel 'The Golden Ass' was written by ancient fiction writer Lucius Apuleius. The novel contains lucid and descriptive narrative; hence falls in picaresque fiction genre. The plot revolves around the protagonist, Lucius's, curiosity (curiositas) and insatiable desire to see and practice magic.

Book The Golden Ass

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  • Author : Apulée
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1924
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Golden Ass written by Apulée and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: