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THE GOLDEN ASS

THE GOLDEN ASSTHE GOLDEN ASS Or Metamorphoses

By Apuleius
Read by Jonathan Keeble
9 hours 50 minutes

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This tale of a man who, when tinkering with magic, becomes changed into an ass is one of the most entertaining and remarkable stories from classic Latin literature. It is funny, bawdy, completely approachable – but also shows life from the point of view of a beast of burden in the Roman empire of Second Century CE. Continue Reading →