The Golden Ass: The Transformations of Lucius

The Golden Ass: The Transformations of Lucius Book Description

The story of "The Golden Ass "is that of Lucius Apuleius, a young man of good birth who encountered many strange adventures while disporting himself along the roads to Thessaly. Not the least of these occurred when Apuleius offended a priestess of the White Goddess, who turned him into an ass. The tale of how Apuleius dealt with this misfortune and eventually resumed human form is conveyed by Robert Graves in modern English that is infused with a bawdy wit and sense of adventure that is "itself a small masterpiece of twentieth-century prose" (Kenneth Rexroth, "Saturday Review").

Robert Graves has contributed to The Golden Ass: The Transformations of Lucius as a translator. <div><b>Robert Graves</b> is considered to be one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He wrote more than 100 books, including <i>Goodbye to All That</i>, <i>I, Claudius</i>, and <i>The White Goddess</i>. <b>Scott Ashley</b> is a lecturer in history at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.<br></div>

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