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The Golden Ass

The Transformations of Lucius

By Lucio Apuleio, Robert Graves (Translator)

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| Paperback | 9780374505325

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Book Description

In all of literature, there are few books with the vitality of The Golden Ass. The story follows Lucius, a young man of good birth, as he disports himself in the cities and along the roads of Thessaly. This is a wonderful tale abounding in lusty incident, curious adventure and bawdy wit.

1 Review

I thought this book was ok. I thought it started quite well, and enjoyed the first few stories. I enjoyed all the descriptions of witchcraft and really liked the setting of the city full of witches. It remineded me an awful lot of Xena (but unfortunately with less lesbian subtext). I started to loos ... (continue)

I thought this book was ok. I thought it started quite well, and enjoyed the first few stories. I enjoyed all the descriptions of witchcraft and really liked the setting of the city full of witches. It remineded me an awful lot of Xena (but unfortunately with less lesbian subtext). I started to loose interest with the story of Cupid and Psyche. Instead of being about interesting and different popular superstition it seemed to turn into a story very much like any other in Roman mythology. (Which I hate to say but I've always found rather dull). I also felt like the secound half became rather judgemental. Instead of enjoying the events, it seemed like he became much more moral and judgemental. I found myself loosing interest as it became less humorous, despite the "inter-species erotica". But then I think it picked up again for the last chapter and I enjoyed reading about the Cult of Isis quite a bit. But for the most part it was just too Roman for me. I just felt like it could have used some fox spirits.

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