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The Golden Ass "Metamorphoses"
Apuleius; E. J. Kenney (translator)
Comic ancient novel about a man transformed into a donkey, including initiation into the cult of Isis.
Purchase Book- Subject matter
- Transformation; Isis; initiation; Cupid and Psyche
- Culture / tradition
- Roman North Africa; Greek and Roman religious traditions
- Publication / composition
- 2nd century CE
- Edition publication year
- 1998
- Historical figures
- Not specified
- Historical timeframe
- Classical Era (500 BCE–500 CE) · 100 CE – 199 CE
Fictional Roman imperial setting; approximate second century CE.