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The golden ass
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The Golden Ass, also known as Metamorphoses, is a Roman novel by Apuleius that tells the story of Lucius, a young man fascinated by magic who is accidentally transformed into a donkey.
The novel is filled with inset tales and explores themes of transformation and redemption.
It is considered a precursor to the picaresque genre and has influenced many later writers.
The novel is filled with inset tales and explores themes of transformation and redemption.
It is considered a precursor to the picaresque genre and has influenced many later writers.
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as a book read by his students, which tells the story of a man who gets turned into an ass.

Gregory Shaw

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Bridging East & West: Gregory Shaw Explores the Resonances Between Neoplatonism & Tantric Spirituality
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as the source of the Amor and Psyche fable.

Brian Clark

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Brian Clark: Reclaiming Eros
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as another example of an ancient Roman novel.

Shadi Bartsch

Shadi Bartsch on the Classics and China
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in relation to the Herbarium Apollaei Platonici, clarifying it's not by the same Apuleius.


Martin Vaux

Magic and Medicines #16: Leech Books and Early Medical Texts
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in the context of T.E. Lawrence carrying his book during the Arab revolt.

M.D. Usher

Professor M.D. Usher on Living in Accordance with Nature