The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius is the only complete Latin novel to have survived to this day. Lucius of Maudorus is insatiably curious about magic, but when he tries to magic himself into a bird, he transforms instead into a donkey. The story...
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The Metamorphoses of Lucius Apuleius is the only complete Latin novel to have survived to this day. Lucius of Maudorus is insatiably curious about magic, but when he tries to magic himself into a bird, he transforms instead into a donkey. The story follows his literal and metaphorical journey, and was called by St Augustine The Golden Ass
Title; Contents; Dedication; The Life of Lucius Apuleius Briefly Described; The Preface of the Author to His Sonne, Faustinus; THE FIRST BOOKE; The First Chapter; The Second Chapter; The Third Chapter; The Fourth Chapter; The Fifth Chapter; The Sixth Chapter; The Seventh Chapter; THE SECOND BOOKE; The Eighth Chapter; The Ninth Chapter; The Tenth Chapter; The Eleventh Chapter; THE THIRD BOOKE; The Twelfth Chapter; The Thirteenth Chapter; The Fourteenth Chapter; The Fifteenth Chapter; The Sixteenth Chapter; The Seventeenth Chapter; THE FOURTH BOOKE; The Eighteenth Chapter
The Nineteenth ChapterThe Twentieth Chapter; The Twenty-First Chapter; THE MARRIAGE OF CUPID AND PSYCHES; The Twenty-Second Chapter; THE SIXTH BOOKE; The Twenty-Third Chapter; THE SEVENTH BOOKE; The Twenty-Fourth Chapter; The Twenty-Fifth Chapter; The Twenty-Sixth Chapter; The Twenty-Seventh Chapter; The Twenty-Eighth Chapter; The Twenty-Ninth Chapter; The Thirtieth Chapter; The Thirty-First Chapter; THE EIGHTH BOOKE; The Thirty-Second Chapter; The Thirty-Third Chapter; The Thirty-Fourth Chapter; The Thirty-Fifth Chapter; The Thirty-Sixth Chapter; THE NINTH BOOKE; The Thirty-Seventh Chapter
The Thirty-Eighth ChapterThe Thirty-Ninth Chapter; The Fortieth Chapter; The Forty-First Chapter; The Forty-Second Chapter; The Forty-Third Chapter; THE TENTH BOOKE; The Forty-Fourth Chapter; The Forty-Fifth Chapter; The Forty-Sixth Chapter; THE ELEVENTH BOOKE; The Forty-Seventh Chapter; The Forty-Eighth Chapter;
The first known record of the the poignant tale of Psyche's labors to reclaim the love of Cupid is recorded by Lucius Apuleius in the second century AD. When the beautiful Psyche attracts the jealous wrath of Venus, Venus sends her son Cupid to...
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The first known record of the the poignant tale of Psyche's labors to reclaim the love of Cupid is recorded by Lucius Apuleius in the second century AD. When the beautiful Psyche attracts the jealous wrath of Venus, Venus sends her son Cupid to bewitch the girl and cause her to fall in love with a monster, but Cupid himself falls in love with his mother's nemesis and secretly becomes her husband. Psyche is instructed that she must never look at Cupid