Source books · Greek and Roman mysteries
The Golden Ass
How this book fits
- Traditions
- Greek and Roman mysteries
- Role in the tradition
- Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
- Public attention
- Landmark Wikipedia has an article about it in 40 languages.
Read it
- Adlington's translation ↗ sacred-texts.com checked against the Internet Archive's copy of June 05, 2025, because the site refuses scripts · archived copy
From Wikipedia
The Metamorphoses of Apuleius, which Augustine of Hippo referred to as The Golden Ass, is the only ancient Roman novel in Latin to survive in its entirety.
From the Wikipedia article The Golden Ass, revision 1371934650, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q1044767: “Ancient Roman novel by Apuleius”.