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1	The Golden Ass more books like this by Lucius Apuleius add to wishlist Apulius wrote this bawdy novel, the only such work to survive in Latin, in the second century A.D. It is the story of Lucius, an aristocratic young man, and his adventures in Thessaly, culminating in his metamorphosis into an ass as punishment for betraying a priestess. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Golden Ass: The Transformations of Lucius more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, Robert Graves (Translator) add to wishlist In the ancient world of Thessaly, a young adventurer betrays a priestess of the White Goddess and is turned into an ass. How he resumes human form makes up this tale abounding in lusty incident and bawdy wit. In all of literature, there are few books with the vitality of THE GOLDEN ASS. Here is Robert Graves's masterful translation from the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Amor and Psyche: The Psychic Development of the Feminine: A Commentary on the Tale by Apuleius more books like this by Erich Neumann, Lucius Apuleius, Ralph Manheim (Translator) add to wishlist The renowned tale of Amor and Psyche, from Apuleius's second-century Latin novel The Golden Ass, is one of the most charming fragments of classical literature. Neumann chose it as the exemplar of an unusual study of feminine psychology. Unfolding the spiritual and mythical background of the pagan narrative, he shows how the contest between the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Golden Ass more books like this by P G Walsh (Introduction by), Lucius Apuleius add to wishlist Apulius wrote this bawdy novel, the only such work to survive in Latin, in the second century A.D. It is the story of Lucius, an aristocratic young man, and his adventures in Thessaly, culminating in his metamorphosis into an ass as punishment for betraying a priestess. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75!
5	Cupid and Psyche: An Adaptation of the Story in the Golden Ass of Apuelius more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, Maurice Balme (Editor), James H Morwood (Editor) add to wishlist An adaptation of the story in "The Golden Ass" of Apuleius by M.G. Balme and J.H.W. Morwood. see all copies from $9.89! new only from $26.31! \| SVS
6	Apuleius: Cupid and Psyche more books like this by Lucius Apuleius add to wishlist Apuleius' story of Cupid and Psyche, the relationship of the human Soul with divine Love, is one of the great allegories of world literature. It forms an integral part of and profoundly illuminates the message of his novel Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass, which relates the adventures of a young man and his spiritual fall and redemption. To enrich ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $33.24! \| SVS
7	Cupid and Psyche more books like this by Lucius Apuleius add to wishlist Curiosity is an evil master. A beautiful princess has a husband she can never see. He visits her only in the dead of night. When curiosity overcomes her, she discovers who he really is, only to be cruelly abandoned. Now Psyche must begin an impossible task: to find her husband, even descending to the depths of Hell in her search. But she has ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| SVS
8	Metamorphoses (the Golden Ass), II: Books 7-11 more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, J Arthur Hanson (Translator) add to wishlist In the "Metamorphoses" of ApuleiusThe Golden Ass," we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful romance combining realism and magic. The hero, Lucius, eager to experience the sensations of a bird, resorts to witchcraft but by an unfortunate pharmaceutical error finds himself transformed into an ass. He ... see all copies from $16.19! new only from $23.49! \| SVS
9	Apuleius: Rhetorical Works more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, S J Harrison (Translator), J L Hilton (Translator) add to wishlist These rhetorical texts by Apuleius, second-century Latin writer and author of the famous novel Metamorphoses or Golden Ass, have not been translated into English since 1909. They are some of the very few Latin speeches surviving from their century, and constitute important evidence for Latin and Roman North African social and intellectual culture ... see all copies from $76.28! new only from $82.29! \| SVS
10	Fable of Cupid and Psyche more books like this by Thomas Taylor (Translator) add to wishlist A photographic facsimile of the 1795 edition, the title page of which reads: "The Fable of Cupid and Psyche, Translated from the Latin of Apuleius, to which are added, a Poetical Paraphrase on the Speech of Diotima, in the Banquet of Plato, Four Hymns, &c. &c., with an Introduction, in which the meaning of the fable is unfolded." Taylor's ... see all copies from $6.68! new only from $16.83! \| first editions \| SVS
11	The transformations of Lucius, otherwise known as "The golden ass" more books like this by Lucius Apuleius add to wishlist see all copies from $2.46! first editions
12	The transformation of Lucius, otherwise known as 'The golden ass' more books like this by Lucius Apuleius add to wishlist see all copies from $6.15! new only from $26.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Story of Eros and Psyche more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, Edward Carpenter (Translator) add to wishlist Found within this work is the Story of Eros and Psyche from Apuleius and the first book of the Iliad of Homer. Apuleius was a Roman citizen born around 130 A.D. He inherited a large sum of money from his father, and after traveling extensively, he settled down to a literary life at Carthage where he was held in great honor. He is said to have been ... see all copies from $12.86! new only from $12.86! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Tale of Cupid and Psyche more books like this by Robert Graves (Translator), Roberta Arenson (Illustrator), Lucius Apuleius add to wishlist This title retells the story of how Psyche, a mortal princess, must undergo a series of trials because of an act of disobedience, before being reunited with her husband, Cupid. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.34! \| first editions
15 view cover	Psyche/Cupid and Psyche more books like this by Louis Couperus, Lucius Apuleius, B. S. Berrington (Translator) add to wishlist Psyche is a descendant of the original Psyche whom Cupid loved, but this love story is even more complex and varied than the Greek myth. This is a modern, adult fairy tale. see all copies from $3.21! new only from $10.72!
16 view cover	Cupid and Psyche and Other Tales from the Golden Ass more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, W Adlington (Translator) add to wishlist No one can have read or heard popular tales without meeting minor elements of all tales, such as the jealous sister familiar to us in the story of Cinderella, and the cruel stepmother or taskmaster who sets the tasks. It is in the combination that the artist shows his power; and of the tales of the world, it is hardly too much to say that this ... see all copies from $15.43! new only from $15.43! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Metamorphoses (the Golden Ass), I: Books 1-6 more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, J Arthur Hanson (Translator) add to wishlist In the "Metamorphoses" of Apuleius, also known as "The Golden Ass, " we have the only Latin novel which survives entire. It is truly enchanting: a delightful romance combining realism and magic. The hero, Lucius, eager to experience the sensations of a bird, resorts to witchcraft but by an unfortunate pharmaceutical error finds himself ... see all copies from $11.42! new only from $23.49!
18 view cover	The Golden Asse more books like this by Lucius Apuleius add to wishlist Lucius Apuleius (125?-180) was a writer in the second century A D. His subject matter covered such topics as medicine, philosophy, and poetry. The Golden Ass or Transformation is a collection of tales. This early work is an allegory written in the first person. This picaresque romance concerns the metamorphosis of the hero into an ass. Lucius ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $9.44! \| first editions \| SVS
19	The Story of Cupid & Psyche: As Related by Apuleius more books like this by Louis C. Purser (Editor), Apuleius add to wishlist see all copies from $11.35! new only from $55.62! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, Madaurensis Apuleius add to wishlist Lucius Apuleius (c. AD 123-c. AD 180), was a Romanised Berber who is best remembered for his bawdy picaresque Latin novel The Golden Ass, otherwise known as the Metamorphoses. It is the only Latin novel which has survived in its entirety, and is an imaginative, irreverent, and amusing work which relates the ludicrous adventures of one Lucius, who ... see all copies from $12.16! new only from $12.16!
21 view cover	The marriage of Cupid and Psyche by Lucius Apuleius add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00! new only from $14.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22	Apologia Sive Pro se de Magia Liber by Lucius Apuleius, H.E. Butler (Volume editor), A.S. Owen (Volume editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $49.47!
23 view cover	Apuleius' " Golden Ass ", Or, the " Metamorphosis ": and Other Philosophical Writings Viz on the God of Socrates and on the Philosophy of Plato (Thomas Taylor) by Lucius Apuleius add to wishlist see all copies from $47.89!
24 view cover	The Fable of Cupid and Psyche more books like this by Lucius Apuleius add to wishlist This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ... see all copies from $16.41! new only from $16.41! \| SVS
25 view cover	L. Apuleii Madaurensis Opera Omnia Ex Optimis Codicibus (1843) by Lucius Apuleius, Gustav Friedrich Hildebrand (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $24.81! new only from $24.81!

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