Literature-the golden ass

Internet URLs are the best. An oracle of Venus demands she be sent to a mountaintop and wed to a murderous beast. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. In The Golden Ass of Apuleius, the goddess herself speaks: Can it be interpreted as a satire of fatuous belief in otherworldly powers, or is it an utterly aporetic text? A Sweet Poetics pp.

The next morning, Lucius meets his aunt Byrrhena in the town, and she warns him that Milo's wife is an evil witch who will kill Lucius. The plot revolves around the protagonist's curiosity curiositas and insatiable desire to see and practice magic. Barbarus tells Myrmex that any failure will result in his death. Numerous amusing stories, many of which seem to be based on actual folk tales , with their ordinary themes of simple-minded husbands, adulterous wives, and clever lovers, as well as the magical transformations that characterize the entire novel, are included within the main narrative. The wife is sentenced to death by wild beasts and to have public intercourse with Lucius the ass.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lucius is interested, and offers the teller a free lunch for his tale. Barbarus tells Myrmex that any failure will result in his death. Thanking the widow, Thelyphron is suddenly attacked by the crowd and narrowly escapes. This surviving Greek text appears to be an abridgement or epitome of "Lucius of Patrae's" text.

Pytheas reveals the narrator's name as Lucius. Generally speaking I found it dragging. I was a kid reading a huge classic what did you expect! His wife, however, is unaware the girl is his sister, and believes he keeps her as a mistress. Charite starts crying, so an elderly woman who is in league with the thieves begins to tell her the story of Cupid and Psyche. While trying to perform a spell to transform into a bird , he is accidentally transformed into an ass. Turned into a donkey and he's impressed with the increase in the size of his manhood.