The Golden Ass of Apuleius: Translated Out of Latin by William Adlington, Anno 1566, with an Introduction by Charles Whibley (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Apuleius got his inspiration.1 But a comparison of the Latin, version with its Greek forerunner, commonly attri buted to Lucian, proves the debt a feather's weight.
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Lucius Apuleius Platonicus (c. 123/125-c. 180) is remembered most for his bawdy picaresque Latin novel, the "Metamorphoses", otherwise known as "The Golden Ass".
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