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The Golden Ass (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 1999
by Apuleius
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- Title The Golden Ass (Penguin Classics)
- Author Apuleius
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition UsedVeryGood
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, London
- Date 1999-01-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 52GZZZ00GNVY_ns
- ISBN 9780140435900 / 0140435905
- Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 7.68 x 5.26 x 0.77 in (19.51 x 13.36 x 1.96 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 1350
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Mythology, Classical
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99178805
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Lucius, a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to believe he can be transformed into a bird, instead becomes a donkey. Whirled off by robbers, he embarks on a series of adventures and misadventures. Confronted eventually with the prospect of a stage performance where he is supposed to demonstrate his sexual prowess with a woman, he is overwhelmed by a religious vision and is finally initiated into the cult of the goddess Isis.
It has been long disputed whether Apuleius meant this last-minute conversion seriously or as a final comic surprise and the challenge of interpretation continues to keep readers fascinated by this work. Apuleius’ Golden Ass is the most continuously and accessibly amusing book that has come down to us from classical antiquity.