The Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which St. Augustine referred to as
The Golden Ass (Asinus aureus), is the only ancient novel in Latin
to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel is called
Lucius. At the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from
Madaurus, the hometown of Apuleius himself. The plot revolves
around the protagonist's curiosity (curiositas) and insatiable
desire to see and practice magic. While trying to perform a spell
to transform into a bird, he is accidentally transformed into an
ass. This leads to a long journey, literal and metaphorical, filled
with in-set tales. He finally finds salvation through the
intervention of the goddess Isis, whose cult he joins.
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