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The Golden Ass

Apuleius

Form
Form Novel
Year
Year 158 CE
Originally in
Originally in Latin
Pages
Pages 370

A curious young man dabbles in magic in Roman Thessaly and is accidentally turned into a donkey, and stumbles through years of comic, brutal ownership before a goddess restores his human shape and claims him as her devoted follower.

I perceived that I was no bird, but a plain ass.
The Golden Ass, Apuleius

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