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1	The Golden Ass more books like this by Lucius Apuleius In all of literature, there are few books with the vitality of The Golden Ass. Boccaccio borrowed freely from it; later it served to amuse and instruct Cervantes, Henry Fielding, and Tobias George Smoollett. T. E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, carried it with him in his saddlebags all through the Arab Revolt, and it was Lawrence ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	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) 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 $14.45! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Golden Ass: The Transformations of Lucius more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, Robert Graves (Translator) 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 $8.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	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) An adaptation of the story in "The Golden Ass" of Apuleius by M.G. Balme and J.H.W. Morwood. see all copies from $12.09! new only from $23.45! \| SVS
5	The Golden Ass more books like this by P G Walsh (Introduction by), Lucius Apuleius The Goden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only work of fiction in Latin to have survives on its entirety. It tells the story of Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic result in his transformation into an ass. After suffering a series of trials and humiliations, he is ultimately ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $5.25! \| first editions
6	Cupid and Psyche more books like this by Lucius Apuleius 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 $3.96! new only from $3.96! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Tale of Cupid and Psyche more books like this by Robert Graves (Translator), Roberta Arenson (Illustrator), Lucius Apuleius 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 $3.69! new only from $11.95! \| first editions
8	The Golden Asse more books like this by Lucius Apuleius 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 $12.02! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Apuleius: Cupid and Psyche more books like this by Lucius Apuleius 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 $13.00! new only from $13.00! \| SVS
10	Psyche/Cupid and Psyche more books like this by Louis Couperus, Lucius Apuleius, B. S. Berrington (Translator) THIS IS A MODERN, adult fairy tale; 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. see all copies from $23.75! new only from $29.21!
11	Apuleius: Rhetorical Works more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, S J Harrison (Translator), J L Hilton (Translator) 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 $79.46! new only from $89.00! \| SVS
12 view cover	Fable of Cupid and Psyche more books like this by Thomas Taylor (Translator) 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 $14.30! new only from $17.56! \| first editions \| SVS
13	The transformation of Lucius, otherwise known as 'The golden ass' more books like this by Lucius Apuleius see all copies from $15.00! new only from $24.99! \| first editions
14	The Story of Cupid & Psyche: As Related by Apuleius more books like this by Louis C. Purser (Editor), Apuleius see all copies from $18.13! new only from $55.62! \| first editions
15 view cover	Metamorphoses (the Golden Ass), II: Books 7-11 more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, J Arthur Hanson (Translator) 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 $13.08! new only from $24.00! \| SVS
16 view cover	Story of Eros and Psyche more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, Edward Carpenter (Translator) 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 $12.56! new only from $12.56! \| 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) 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 transformed ... see all copies from $10.50! new only from $28.80! \| SVS
18 view cover	The marriage of Cupid and Psyche by Lucius Apuleius see all copies from $7.00! new only from $15.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19	The transformations of Lucius, otherwise known as "The golden ass" more books like this by Lucius Apuleius see all copies from $2.01! first editions
20	The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, Madaurensis Apuleius see all copies from $598.52!
21 view cover	Cupid and Psyche and Other Tales from the Golden Ass more books like this by Lucius Apuleius, W Adlington (Translator) 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 $16.09! new only from $16.09! \| SVS
22 view cover	The Fable of Cupid and Psyche more books like this by Lucius Apuleius 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 $17.56! new only from $17.56! \| SVS

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