The Golden Asse: Souls Needed for You
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The Life of Lucius Apuleius Briefly Described
The Preface of the Author To His Sonne, Faustinus
And unto the Readers of this Book
THE FIRST BOOKE
THE FIRST CHAPTER
THE SECOND CHAPTER
THE THIRD CHAPTER
THE FOURTH CHAPTER
THE FIFTH CHAPTER
THE SIXTH CHAPTER
THE SEVENTH CHAPTER
THE SECOND BOOKE
THE EIGHTH CHAPTER
THE NINTH CHAPTER
THE TENTH CHAPTER
THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER
THE THIRD BOOKE
THE TWELFTH CHAPTER
THE THIRTEENTH CHAPTER
THE FOURTEENTH CHAPTER
THE FIFTEENTH CHAPTER
THE SIXTEENTH CHAPTER
THE SEVENTEENTH CHAPTER
THE FOURTH BOOKE
THE EIGHTEENTH CHAPTER
THE NINETEENTH CHAPTER
THE TWENTIETH CHAPTER
THE TWENTY-FIRST CHAPTER
THE MARRIAGE OF CUPID AND PSYCHES
THE TWENTY-SECOND CHAPTER
THE SIXTH BOOKE
THE TWENTY-THIRD CHAPTER
THE SEVENTH BOOKE
THE TWENTY-FOURTH CHAPTER
THE TWENTY-FIFTH CHAPTER
THE TWENTY-SIXTH CHAPTER
How all the Theeves were brought asleepe by their new companion.
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH CHAPTER
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH CHAPTER
THE TWENTY-NINTH CHAPTER
How Apuleius was accused of Lechery by the boy.
THE THIRTIETH CHAPTER
THE THIRTY-FIRST CHAPTER
THE EIGHTH BOOKE
THE THIRTY-SECOND CHAPTER
THE THIRTY-THIRD CHAPTER
THE THIRTY-FOURTH CHAPTER
THE THIRTY-FIFTH CHAPTER
THE THIRTY-SIXTH CHAPTER
THE NINTH BOOKE
THE THIRTY-SEVENTH CHAPTER
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH CHAPTER
THE THIRTY-NINTH CHAPTER
THE FORTIETH CHAPTER
THE FORTY-FIRST CHAPTER
THE FORTY-SECOND CHAPTER
THE FORTY-THIRD CHAPTER
THE TENTH BOOKE
THE FORTY-FOURTH CHAPTER
THE FORTY-FIFTH CHAPTER
THE FORTY-SIXTH CHAPTER
THE ELEVENTH BOOKE
THE FORTY-SEVENTH CHAPTER
THE FORTY-EIGHTH CHAPTER
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Apuleius (also called Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis; c. 124 – c. 170 AD) was a Latin-language prose writer. He was a Numidian Berber who lived under the Roman Empire and was from Madaurus (now M'Daourouch, Algeria). He studied Platonist philosophy in Athens, travelled to Italy, Asia Minor, and Egypt and was an initiate in several cults or mysteries. The most famous incident in his life was when he was accused of using magic to gain the attentions (and fortune) of a wealthy widow. He declaimed and then distributed a witty tour de force in his own defense before the proconsul and a court of magistrates convened in Sabratha, near ancient Tripoli, Libya. This is known as the Apologia.
His most famous work is his bawdy picaresque novel, the Metamorphoses, otherwise known as The Golden Ass. It is the only Latin novel that has survived in its entirety. It relates the ludicrous adventures of one Lucius, who experiments with magic and is accidentally turned into a donkey.
