The Golden Ass

Apuleius

⏱ 8 minSatire

A young man greedy for magic is turned by mistake into a donkey, and stumbles through comedy, cruelty and the lovely tale of Cupid and Psyche before a goddess restores him. The only Latin novel to survive whole.

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