A unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel--the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived from antiquity--The Golden Ass tells the story of the hero Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination with sex and magic results in his transformation into an ass. This new translation is faithful to the meaning of the Latin, while reproducing all the exuberance of the original. 2 maps.
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A unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel--the only work of fiction in Latin to have survived from antiquity--The Golden Ass tells the story of the hero Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination with sex and magic results in his transformation into an ass. This new translation is faithful to the meaning of the Latin, while reproducing all the exuberance of the original. 2 maps.
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