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The Metamorphoses

Author
Apuleius
Read by
Finian Silverwood
Language
English
Length
7 hours 24 minutes
ISBN
9781802567335
Published
6 July 2025
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Apuleius
  • Metamorphoses
  • cupid
  • Rome
  • Roman Empire
  • Greek
  • epic
  • adventure
  • play
  • Greece

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Description

Lucius wants magic and wakes in a donkey’s body. Apuleius’ Golden Ass as spoken picaresque: thieves, priests, a mill’s cruelty, the inset of Cupid and Psyche, then Isis putting him back on two feet. Bray and beating with a soul still talking; bawdy and hymn on the same ear. Oldest surviving Roman novel — curiosity punished, then a goddess with a proper name.

Author

Apuleius was a Latin-language prose writer. He was a Numidian who lived under the Roman Empire and was from Madauros (now Algeria). He studied Platonism in Athens, travelled to Italy, Asia Minor, and Egypt and was an initiate in several cults or mysteries. The most famous incident in his life was when he was accused of using magic to gain the attentions (and fortune) of a wealthy widow.

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